Can a lawyer be disqualified from practising as a lawyer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dch Health Services Corp. v. Waite, 115 Cal.Rptr.2d 847, 95 Cal.App.4th 829 (Cal. App. 2002):
Code of Civil Procedure section 128, subdivision (a)(5) gives courts the power to order a lawyer's disqualification. (Elliott v. McFarland Unified
[95 Cal.App.4th 832]
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