2011 California Code
Business and Professions Code
DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000 - 9998.8]
ARTICLE 5. Disciplinary Authority of the Board of Governors
Section 6086.15

(a) The State Bar shall issue an Annual Discipline Report by April 30 of each year describing the performance and condition of the State Bar discipline system. The report shall cover the previous calendar year and shall include accurate and complete descriptions of all of the following:

(1) The existing backlog of cases within the discipline system, including, but not limited to, the number of complaints as of December 31 of the preceding year that were pending beyond six months after receipt without dismissal, admonition, or the filing of a notice to show cause, and tables showing time periods beyond six months and the number in each category and a discussion of the reason for the extended periods.

(2) The number of inquiries and complaints and their disposition.

(3) The number and types of matters self-reported by members of the State Bar pursuant to subdivision (o) of Section 6068 and subdivision (c) of Section 6086.8.

(4) The number and types of matters reported by other sources pursuant to Sections 6086.7 and 6086.8.

(5) The speed of complaint handling and dispositions by type.

(6) The number and types of filed notices to show cause and formal disciplinary outcomes.

(7) The number and types of informal discipline outcomes, including petitions to terminate practice, interim suspensions and license restrictions, criminal conviction monitoring, letters of warning, private reprovals, admonitions, and agreements in lieu of discipline.

(8) A description of the programs of the State Bar directed at assuring honesty and competence by attorneys.

(9) A description of the programs of the State Bar directed at preventing acts warranting discipline.

(10) A description of the condition of the Client Security Fund, including an accounting of payouts.

(11) An accounting of the cost of the discipline system by function.

(b) The Annual Discipline Report shall include statistical information presented in a consistent manner for year-to-year comparison and shall compare the information required under subdivision (a) to similar information for the previous three years. The report shall include the general data and tables included in the previous reports of the State Bar Discipline Monitor where feasible.

(c) The Annual Discipline Report shall be presented to the Chief Justice of California, to the Governor, to the Speaker of the Assembly, to the President pro Tempore of the Senate, and to the Assembly and Senate Judiciary Committees, for their consideration and shall be considered a public document.

(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 745, Sec. 3. Effective October 12, 2001.)