The California State Bar, as an administrative wing of the California Supreme Court, controls attorneys in California. In lawyer discipline, the California Supreme Court has the final say, but the state's highest court defers to suggestions made by the State Bar Court. Conviction hearings originate in the Investigation Section of the Bar Court (as opposed to the Hearing Department) upon the submission by the State Bar's Office of the Chief Trial Lawyer ('OCTC') of a certified copy of a conviction record.