Alabama Standards For Imposing Lawyer Discipline
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SECTION I. THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK
SECTION II. STANDARDS FOR IMPOSING LAWYER DISCIPLINE
| A. | PURPOSE AND NATURE OF DISCIPLINE. |
| Standard 1.1. Purpose of Lawyer Discipline Proceedings. | |
| Standard 1.2. Public Nature of Lawyer Discipline Proceedings. | |
| Standard 1.3. Purpose of These Standards. | |
| B. | DISCIPLINE. |
| Standard 2.1. Scope. | |
| Standard 2.2. Disbarment. | |
| Standard 2.3. Suspension. | |
| Standard 2.4. Interim Suspension. | |
| Standard 2.5. Public Reprimand. | |
| Standard 2.6. Private Reprimand. | |
| Standard 2.7. Probation. | |
| Standard 2.8. Other discipline Remedies. | |
| Standard 2.9. Reciprocal Discipline. | |
| C. | FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED IN IMPOSING DISCIPLINE. |
| Standard 3.0. Generally. | |
| Standard 4.0. Violations of Duties Owed to Clients. | |
| Standard 4.1.Failure to Preserve the Client's Property. | |
| Standard 4.2.Failure to Preserve the Client's Confidences. | |
| Standard 4.3.Failure to Avoid Conflicts of Interest. | |
| Standard 4.4.Lack of Diligence. | |
| Standard 4.5.Lack of Competence. | |
| Standard 4.6.Lack of Candor. | |
| Standard 5.0. Violations of Duties Owed to the Public. | |
| Standard 5.1. Failure to Maintain Personal Integrity. | |
| Standard 5.2. Failure to Maintain the Public Trust. | |
| Standard 6.0. Violations of Duties Owed to the Legal System. | |
| Standard 6.1. False Statements, Fraud, and Misrepresentation. | |
| Standard 6.2. Abuse of the Legal Process. | |
| Standard 6.3. Improper Communications with Individuals in the Legal System. | |
| Standard 7.0. Violations of Duties Owed to the Profession. | |
| Standard 8.0. Prior Discipline Orders. | |
| Standard 9.0. Aggravation and Mitigation. | |
| Standard 9.1. False Statements, Fraud, and Misrepresentation. | |
| Standard 9.2. Aggravation. | |
| Standard 9.3. Mitigation. | |
| Standard 9.4. Factors That Are Neither Aggravating Nor Mitigating. |
SECTION III. ABA STANDARDS FOR IMPOSING LAWYER SANCTIONS: BLACK LETTER RULES AND COMMENTARY
