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AL Code § 34-3-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-8 - Clerk or Employee Practicing Before Court.

Section 34-3-8Clerk or employee practicing before court. Any person who practices law in any court in which he is clerk, deputy clerk or regularly employed to perform any of the ministerial duties thereof must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100. (Code 1876, §4144; Code 1886, §3942; Code 1896, §5128; Code 1907, §6315; Code 1923, §3311; Code 1940, T. 46, §56.)
AL Code § 34-3-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-9 - Certain Ministerial Officers Prohibited From Practicing Law.

Section 34-3-9Certain ministerial officers prohibited from practicing law. Any sheriff, coroner, or deputy thereof, or constable who practices law in any court of this state must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100. (Code 1886, §3943; Code 1896, §5129; Code 1907, §6316; Code 1923, §3312; Code 1940, T. 46, §57.)
AL Code § 34-3-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-10 - Practicing Law by Register or Clerk of Circuit Court.

Section 34-3-10Practicing law by register or clerk of circuit court. Any register or clerk of circuit court, who practices law in the court of which he is clerk or register, or any partner of such register or clerk, who practices in such court, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500. (Code 1886, §3944; Code 1896, §5130; Code 1907, §6317; Code 1923, §3313; Code 1940, T. 46, §58.)
AL Code § 34-3-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-11 - Judges Not to Practice Law.

Section 34-3-11Judges not to practice law. Any judge of a court of record in this state who practices law in any of the courts of this state, or of the United States, or who renders any professional services or gives any legal advice, must on conviction be fined in such sum as the jury or court trying the same may assess, not less than $100 nor more than $1,000. (Code 1867, §636; Code 1876, §4179; Code 1886, §3945; Code 1896, §5131; Code 1907, §6318; Acts 1911, No. 470, p. 549; Code 1923, §3314; Code 1940, T. 46, §59.)
AL Code § 34-3-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-12 - Partner of District Attorney Prohibited From Defending in Certain Cases.

Section 34-3-12Partner of district attorney prohibited from defending in certain cases. Any attorney-at-law who is the law partner of any district attorney in this state, who defends a criminal case of any kind, character or description in any court in this state in which such district attorney is the prosecuting officer, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500. (Code 1907, §6319; Code 1923, §3315; Code 1940, T. 46, §60.)
AL Code § 34-3-13 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-13 - Officers With Authority to Take Complaints and Issue Warrants Practicing as Attorneys in Their Own Court.

Section 34-3-13Officers with authority to take complaints and issue warrants practicing as attorneys in their own court. Any officer who has the power or authority to take complaints and issue warrants of arrest, and who acts as an attorney in any such case in which he or she took the complaint or issued the warrant, or heard the examination or tried the case in any court on preliminary examination or appeal or trial before a jury, must, on conviction, be fined not less than $50 nor more than $500. (Code 1907, §6320; Code 1923, §3316; Code 1940, T. 46, §61.)
AL Code § 34-3-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-14 - Officers and Deputies Disqualified From Practicing.

Section 34-3-14Officers and deputies disqualified from practicing. The judge of any court of record, the sheriff or deputy of the sheriff must not practice law; the clerk of the circuit court or the deputy of the clerk must not practice in the county of which he or she is clerk or deputy; the register or his or her partner or the deputy of the register must not practice in the court of which he or she is register or deputy; the clerk of the judge of probate must not practice in the court of which his or her principal is the judge. (Code 1852, §739; Code 1867, §873; Code 1876, §§792, 794; Code 1886, §865; Code 1896, §591; Code 1907, §2987; Code 1923, §6252; Code 1940, T. 46, §45.)
AL Code § 34-3-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-15 - Attorney to Take Oath.

Section 34-3-15Attorney to take oath. Every attorney-at-law before being permitted to practice shall take the following oath or affirmation before an officer authorized to administer oaths: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will demean myself as an attorney, according to the best of my learning and ability, and with all good fidelity, as well to the court as to the client; that I will use no falsehood or delay any person's cause for lucre or malice and that I will support the Constitution of the State of Alabama and of the United States, so long as I continue a citizen thereof, so help me God." If any attorney commences practice before taking the oath as prescribed by this section, he or she forfeits the sum of $200, one half to the use of the person suing for the same and the other to the state. (Code 1852, §§735, 756; Code 1867, §§869, 870; Code 1876, §§788, 789; Code 1886, §§861, 862; Code 1896, §§587, 588; Code 1907, §§2978, 2980; Code 1923, §§6243, 6245; Code 1940, T. 46, §§39, 40.)
AL Code § 34-3-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-17 - Qualified Lawyers Holding Public Office Authorized to Become Members of Alabama Bar Association.

Section 34-3-17Qualified lawyers holding public office authorized to become members of Alabama Bar Association. All lawyers who are qualified to practice law in Alabama and who are not engaged in active practice because they are holding a state or federal office that precludes them from practicing law may become members of the Alabama Bar Association by paying directly to the secretary of such association an annual sum equal to 50 percent of the money collected by the State of Alabama from a lawyer as a privilege license tax to engage in the practice of law. Upon payment of the sum as prescribed in the preceding sentence, such persons shall be entitled to all the privileges and benefits common to other members of such association. (Acts 1945, No. 409, p. 645; Acts 1979, Ex. Sess., No. 79-26, p. 36, §1.)
AL Code § 34-3-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-18 - Lawyers Not Engaged in Active Practice Authorized to Become Members of Alabama Bar Association.

Section 34-3-18Lawyers not engaged in active practice authorized to become members of Alabama Bar Association. All lawyers who are qualified to practice law in Alabama and who are not engaged in active practice may become members of the Alabama Bar Association by paying directly to the secretary of such association an annual sum equal to 50 percent of the money collected by the State of Alabama from a lawyer as a privilege license tax to engage in the practice of law. Upon the payment of the sum as prescribed in this section, such person shall be entitled to all the privileges and benefits common to the other members of such association. (Acts 1951, No. 129, p. 356, §§1, 2; Acts 1979, Ex. Sess., No. 79-26, p. 36, §2.)
AL Code § 34-3-19 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-19 - Any Person May Manage His Own Case.

Section 34-3-19Any person may manage his own case. The provisions of this article shall not be construed to prevent any person from conducting or managing his or her own case in any court in this state. (Code 1852, §737; Code 1867, §871; Code 1876, §790; Code 1886, §863; Code 1896, §589; Code 1907, §2981; Code 1923, §6246; Code 1940, T. 46, §41.)
AL Code § 34-3-20 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-20 - Duties of Attorneys.

Section 34-3-20Duties of attorneys. It is the duty of attorneys: (1) To support the Constitution and laws of this state and of the United States. (2) To maintain the respect due to courts of justice and judicial officers. (3) To employ for the purpose of maintaining the causes confided to them such means only as are consistent with truth and never to seek to mislead the judges by any artifice or false statement of the law. (4) To maintain inviolate the confidence and at every peril to themselves to preserve the secrets of their clients. (5) To abstain from all offensive personalities and to advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or a witness, unless required by the justice of the cause with which they are charged. (6) To encourage neither the commencement nor continuance of any action or proceeding from any motive of passion or interest. (7) Never to reject for any consideration personal to themselves the cause of the defenseless or oppressed. (Code 1852, §738; Code 1867, §872; Code 1876, §791; Code 1886, §864; Code 1896, §590; Code 1907, §2985; Code 1923, §6250; Code 1940, T. 46, §43.)
AL Code § 34-3-21 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-21 - Authority of Attorneys in Case - Generally.

Section 34-3-21Authority of attorneys in case - Generally. An attorney has authority to bind his or her client, in any action or proceeding, by any agreement in relation to such case, made in writing, or by an entry to be made on the minutes of the court. (Code 1852, §743; Code 1867, §877; Code 1876, §796; Code 1886, §866; Code 1896, §592; Code 1907, §2988; Code 1923, §6253; Code 1940, T. 46, §46.)
AL Code § 34-3-22 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-22 - Authority of Attorneys in Case - Proceedings on Appearance Without Authority.

Section 34-3-22Authority of attorneys in case - Proceedings on appearance without authority. If it is alleged by a party for whom an attorney appears that he or she does so without authority, the court may at any stage of the proceedings, upon proof of the allegation, relieve the party for whom the attorney has assumed to appear from the consequences of his or her acts. Any attorney appearing for a person without being employed must, on conviction, be fined not less than $500 and shall be incompetent to practice in any court of this state. (Code 1852, §§744, 745; Code 1867, §§878, 879; Code 1876, §§797, 4143; Code 1886, §§867, 3941; Code 1896, §§593, 5127; Code 1907, §§2989, 6314; Code 1923, §§3310, 6254; Code 1940, T. 46, §§47, 55.)
AL Code § 34-3-23 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-23 - Authority of Attorneys in Case - Proof.

Section 34-3-23Authority of attorneys in case - Proof. The court or judge may, on motion of either party and on being shown reasonable grounds therefor, require the attorney for the adverse party, or for one of the several adverse parties, to produce or prove the authority under which he or she appears and, until he or she does so, may stay all proceedings by him or her on behalf of the party for whom he or she assumes to appear; but the oath of the attorney is presumptive evidence of his or her authority. (Code 1852, §746; Code 1867, §880; Code 1876, §798; Code 1886, §868; Code 1896, §594; Code 1907, §2990; Code 1923, §6255; Code 1940, T. 46, §48.)
AL Code § 34-3-24 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-24 - Encouraging Litigation; Champerty - Generally.

Section 34-3-24Encouraging litigation; champerty - Generally. Any attorney-at-law, either before or after action brought, who gives, offers, or promises to give a valuable consideration to another person as an inducement to placing in the hands of such attorney or in the hands of any partnership of attorneys, or in the hands of any other attorney, a demand of any kind for the purpose of bringing an action or making claim against another person, corporation or partnership, or who gives or offers or promises a valuable consideration to any person in consideration of such person having so placed in his hands as an attorney, or of any other attorney, partnership or firm of attorneys, a demand of any kind for the purpose of bringing an action or making claim against another; or who employs or offers to employ any person to search for or procure clients to be brought to such attorney or any other attorney, or partnership or firm of attorneys; or who employs or offers to employ a person to solicit, search for or procure business for himself as attorney or for any other attorney, firm or partnership of attorneys shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000 and also be removed and disbarred from practicing as an attorney-at-law in this state, and may be imprisoned in the county jail or sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court trying the case. (Code 1907, §6312; Code 1923, §3308; Code 1940, T. 46, §53.)
AL Code § 34-3-25 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 1 - General Provisions.|Section 34-3-25 - Encouraging Litigation; Champerty - Receiving Compensation From Attorney.

Section 34-3-25Encouraging litigation; champerty - Receiving compensation from attorney. Any person who shall, before or after an action is brought, receive or agree to receive from any attorney-at-law, firm or partnership of attorneys compensation for services in seeking out, procuring or placing in the hands of an attorney, firm or partnership of attorneys a demand of any kind for an action or compromise shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding $1,000 and, in addition, may be punished by imprisonment in the county jail or by hard labor for the county for a term not exceeding six months, at the discretion of the court trying the case. (Code 1907, §6313; Code 1923, §3309; Code 1940, T. 46, §54.)
AL Code § 34-3-40 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 2 - Board of Commissioners.|Section 34-3-40 - Established; Composition; Terms of Office.

Section 34-3-40Established; composition; terms of office. (a) The governing body of Alabama State Bar shall be the Board of Commissioners composed of at least one member from each judicial circuit; provided that, for this purpose, that part of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, known as the "Bessemer Cut-off" electoral district, for electing its circuit judge shall be considered and construed as a separate judicial circuit. Each commissioner, at the time of nomination and election and during incumbency, shall be a member in good standing of the Alabama State Bar whose principal office is maintained in the circuit he or she represents. (b) The membership of the Board of Commissioners of the State Bar shall be constituted as follows: (1) One member from each judicial circuit. (2) One member from the electoral district of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, known as the "Bessemer Cut-off" electoral district, for electing its circuit judge. (3) One additional commissioner for each 300 members of the State Bar in a circuit who maintain their principal office in the circuit as of March 1 of each year, each such commissioner to be an additional representative for his or her circuit; provided, however, that no circuit and no county shall be entitled to more than 10 commissioners. (4) Those persons selected as at-large members of the Board of Commissioners pursuant to Section 34-3-41(b)(5). (c) Except for at-large members of the Board of Commissioners who shall be selected as provided pursuant to Section 34-3-41(b)(5), each commissioner shall be elected in the manner hereinafter provided and shall hold office for three years, except that the initial terms for additional commissioners under subdivision (b)(3) of this section may be limited pursuant to Section 34-3-41(b)(2). (Acts 1923, No. 133, p. 100, §1; Code 1923, §6220; Code 1940, T. 46, §21; Acts 1986, No. 86-544, p. 1076, §2; Act 2004-530, p. 1115, §1.)
AL Code § 34-3-42 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 2 - Board of Commissioners.|Section 34-3-42 - Nominations.

Section 34-3-42Nominations. Nomination to the office of commissioner shall be by written petition of any five or more members of the bar in good standing who maintain their principal office in the circuit where such nominee maintains his or her principal office. Any number of candidates may be nominated on a single petition. Such nominating petitions shall be mailed to the secretary of the Board of Commissioners within a period to be fixed by the rules made by the Board of Commissioners. Any attorney may become a candidate for membership on said board from the circuit of his or her principal office by filing a written declaration in the same manner as the nominations are required to be filed. (Acts 1923, No. 133, p. 100, §4; Code 1923, §6223; Code 1940, T. 46, §23; Acts 1986, No. 86-544, p. 1076, §4.)
AL Code § 34-3-44 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 2 - Board of Commissioners.|Section 34-3-44 - Disbursements; Compensation.

Section 34-3-44Disbursements; compensation. For the purpose of carrying out the objectives of this chapter and for the exercise of the powers herein granted, the board shall have power to direct the disbursement of the fund created by Section 34-3-4, which shall be paid on warrant of the state Comptroller upon certificate or voucher of the secretary of the Board of Commissioners, approved by the president or vice-president of the Board of Commissioners. No member of the board shall receive any compensation for his or her service as such board member other than actual necessary expenses incurred in the discharge of his duties. No funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to the provisions of Article 4 of Chapter 4 of Title 41 of this code, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriation bill. (Acts 1923, No. 133, p. 100, §13; Code 1923, §6282; Code 1940, T. 46, §32; Acts 1951, No. 827, p. 1459, §1.)
AL Code § 34-3-60 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 3 - Fees and Liens.|Section 34-3-60 - Fees Paid as Part of Costs in Partition and Trust Proceedings.

Section 34-3-60Fees paid as part of costs in partition and trust proceedings. In all actions and proceedings in the probate courts and circuit courts and other courts of like jurisdiction, where there is involved the administration of a trust, or where there is involved the sale of property for distribution, or where there is a partition in kind of real or personal property between tenants in common, the court having jurisdiction of such action or proceeding may ascertain a reasonable attorney's fee, to be paid to the attorneys or solicitors representing the trust, joint or common property, or any party in the action or proceeding, and is authorized to tax as a part of the costs in such action or proceeding such reasonable attorney's fee, which is to be paid when collected as the other costs in the proceeding to such attorneys or solicitors as may be directed or ordered by the court and to be a lien on the several parts in case of partition in kind. (Code 1907, §§3010, 5219; Code 1923, §§6261, 9319; Code 1940, T. 46, §63.)
AL Code § 34-3-61 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 3 - Fees and Liens.|Section 34-3-61 - Liens.

Section 34-3-61Liens. (a) Attorneys-at-law shall have a lien on all papers and money of their clients in their possession for services rendered to them, in reference thereto, and may retain such papers until the claims are satisfied, and may apply such money to the satisfaction of the claims. (b) Upon actions and judgments for money, they shall have a lien superior to all liens but tax liens, and no person shall be at liberty to satisfy the action or judgment, until the lien or claim of the attorney for his or her fees is fully satisfied; and attorneys-at-law shall have the same right and power over action or judgment to enforce their liens as their clients had or may have for the amount due thereon to them. (c) Upon all actions for the recovery of real or personal property, and upon all judgments for the recovery of the same, attorneys-at-law shall have a lien on the property recovered, for their fees, superior to all liens but liens for taxes, which may be enforced by the attorneys-at-law, or their lawful representatives, as liens on personal and real estate, and the property recovered shall remain subject to the liens, unless transferred to bona fide purchasers without notice. (d) The lien in the event of an action, provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, shall not attach until the service upon the defendant or respondent of summons, writ or other process. However, when any claim is settled between the parties after the filing of an action but before the defendant has actual notice of the filing of the action by service of summons or otherwise, such settlement shall operate as a full discharge of the claim. (Code 1907, §3011; Code 1923, §6262; Code 1940, T. 46, §64.)
AL Code § 34-3-62 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 3 - Attorney-at-Law.|Article 3 - Fees and Liens.|Section 34-3-62 - Procedure When Amount of Compensation Disputed.

Section 34-3-62Procedure when amount of compensation disputed. Whenever any disagreement or controversy arises between an attorney-at-law and any other person respecting the amount of the compensation to which he or she is entitled by contract or otherwise and his or her retention of the same out of any funds in his or her hands, such attorney may by motion in the circuit court or court of like jurisdiction, of the county of his or her residence, of which such other person shall have notice, obtain an order of the court that a certain amount is due under such contract or would be reasonable compensation for his or her services; and, when such motion is made and order obtained, such attorney shall not be subject to prosecution, suspension, or removal under this chapter or other penalty therefor; but nothing herein contained shall affect or destroy any civil action to which any person would be entitled against such attorney respecting the same, or any criminal prosecution to which the accused would be otherwise liable. (Code 1907, §3009; Code 1923, §6260; Code 1940, T. 46, §52.)