California Business and Professions Code

§ 6079.1

BPC § 6079.1 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)The Supreme Court shall appoint a presiding judge of the State Bar Court. In addition, five hearing judges shall be appointed, two by the Supreme Court, one by the Governor, one by the Senate Committee on Rules, and one by the Speaker of the Assembly, to efficiently decide any and all regulatory matters pending before the Hearing Department of the State Bar Court. The presiding judge and all other judges of that department shall be appointed for a term of six years and may be reappointed for additional six-year terms. Any judge appointed under this section shall be subject to admonition, censure, removal, or retirement by the Supreme Court upon the same grounds as provided for judges of courts of record of this state.

(b)Judges of the State Bar Court appointed under this section shall not engage in the private practice of law. The State Bar Court shall be broadly representative of the ethnic, sexual, and racial diversity of the population of California and composed in accordance with Sections 11140 and 11141 of the Government Code. Each judge:

(1)Shall have been a licensee of the State Bar for at least five years.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 227, Sec. 13. (AB 3279) Effective January 1, 2025.