California Business and Professions Code

§ 6175

BPC § 6175 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 3 · Ch. 4 · Art. 10.5

Statute text

As used in this article, the following definitions apply:

(a)“Lawyer” means a licensee of the State Bar or a person who is admitted and in good standing and eligible to practice before the bar of any United States court or the highest court of the District of Columbia or any state, territory, or insular possession of the United States, or licensed to practice law in, or is admitted in good standing and eligible to practice before the bar of the highest court of, a foreign country or any political subdivision thereof, and includes any agent of the lawyer or law firm or law corporation doing business in the state.

(b)“Client” means a person who has, within the three years preceding the sale of financial products by a lawyer to that person, employed that lawyer for legal services. The settlor and trustee of a trust shall be considered one person.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 659, Sec. 124. (AB 3249) Effective January 1, 2019.