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LA Rev Stat § 37:213 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§213. Persons, professional associations, professional corporations, and limited liability companies entitled to practice law; penalty for unlawful practice

RS 213 - Persons, professional associations, professional corporations, and limited liability companies entitled to practice law; penalty for unlawful practice A. No natural person, who has not first been duly and regularly licensed and admitted to practice law by the supreme court of this state, no corporation or voluntary association except a professional law corporation organized pursuant to Chapter 8 of Title 12 of the Revised Statutes, and no partnership or limited liability company except one formed for the practice of law and composed of such natural persons, corporations, voluntary associations, or limited liability companies, all of whom are duly and regularly licensed and admitted to the practice of law, shall: (1) Practice law. (2) Furnish attorneys or counsel or an attorney and counsel to render legal services. (3) Hold himself or itself out to the public as being entitled to practice law. (4) Render or furnish legal services or advice. (5) Assume to be an attorney at law or counselor at law. (6) Assume, use, or advertise the title of lawyer, attorney, counselor, advocate or equivalent terms in any language, or any phrase containing any of these titles in such manner as to convey the impression that he is a practitioner of law. (7) In any manner advertise that he, either alone or together with any other person, has, owns, conducts, or maintains an office of any kind for the practice of law. B. This Section does not prevent any corporation or voluntary association formed for benevolent or charitable purposes and recognized by law from furnishing an attorney at law to give free assistance to persons without means. C. Any natural person who violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both. D. Any partnership, corporation, or voluntary association which violates this Section shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars. Every officer, trustee, director, agent, or employee of a corporation or voluntary association who, directly or indirectly, engages in any act violating any provision of this Section or assists the corporation or voluntary association in the performance of any such violation is subject to the penalties prescribed in this Section for violations by a natural person. Acts 1964, No. 357, §1; Acts 1990, No. 841, §1; Acts 1993, No. 475, §6, eff. June 9, 1993; Acts 2001, No. 835, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:214 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§214. Visiting attorneys of other states; reciprocity

RS 214 - Visiting attorneys of other states; reciprocity  Except as provided in this Section, no person licensed or qualified to practice as an attorney at law or as an attorney and counsellor at law in any other state and temporarily present in this state shall practice law in this state, unless he has been first duly licensed to practice law by the supreme court of this state or unless he acts in association with some attorney duly licensed to practice law by the supreme court of this state.  Nothing in this Chapter prevents the practice of law in this state by a visiting attorney from a state which, either by statute or by some rule of practice accorded specific recognition by the highest court of that state, has adopted a rule of reciprocity that permits an attorney duly licensed and qualified to practice law in this state to appear alone as an attorney in all courts of record in the other state, without being required to be admitted to practice in such other state, and without being required to associate with himself some attorney admitted to practice in the other state.  Whoever violates any provision of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.
LA Rev Stat § 37:215 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§215. Procedure by visiting attorney for recognition in Louisiana courts under reciprocity rule

RS 215 - Procedure by visiting attorney for recognition in Louisiana courts under reciprocity rule  Whenever any visiting attorney desires to exercise the privilege of appearing alone as counsel of record in any case in any court of record in this state, under the provisions of the second paragraph of R.S. 37:214, he shall, before filing the first pleading or other appearance on behalf of his client in the cause, produce evidence satisfactory to the court before which he wishes to appear, or to the presiding judge if there be two or more judges of the court, to the effect that the state in which he is then licensed and qualified to practice law has in force a statute or rule of practice of the character specified in R.S. 37:214. Upon the judge being satisfied of this, he shall enter an order authorizing the appearance of the visiting attorney before his court in the case. This order shall specifically refer to the appropriate statutory provision or to the requisite judicial recognition of the appropriate rule of practice of the other state in question.
LA Rev Stat § 37:216 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§216. Filing of pleadings by visiting attorney under reciprocity rule; proofs required by clerk

RS 216 - Filing of pleadings by visiting attorney under reciprocity rule; proofs required by clerk  No clerk of any court of record in this state shall file any pleading, brief, or other appearance signed on behalf of any party or litigant solely by a visiting attorney, unless it or some prior pleading, brief, or appearance filed in the cause by the visiting attorney is accompanied by an order of court of the character specified in R.S. 37:215. If any such pleading, brief, or other appearance is inadvertently filed without a compliance with the provisions of R.S. 37:215, it may be ordered stricken from the record ex parte on motion of any party at interest, or by the court of its own motion.
LA Rev Stat § 37:217 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§217. Liability of attorney to client for neglect; costs

RS 217 - Liability of attorney to client for neglect; costs  If a nonsuit is entered, owing to the absence or neglect of the attorney without a reasonable excuse, the costs shall be paid by the attorney and he shall be liable to pay all the damages which his client suffers by being nonsuited or by any other neglect of the attorney, recoverable in a summary way, on motion after giving the accused notice.
LA Rev Stat § 37:218 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§218. Contract for fee based on proportion of subject matter; stipulation concerning compromise, discontinuance, or settlement

RS 218 - Contract for fee based on proportion of subject matter; stipulation concerning compromise, discontinuance, or settlement A. By written contract signed by his client, an attorney at law may acquire as his fee an interest in the subject matter of a suit, proposed suit, or claim in the assertion, prosecution, or defense of which he is employed, whether the claim or suit be for money or for property. Such interest shall be a special privilege to take rank as a first privilege thereon, superior to all other privileges and security interests under Chapter 9 of the Louisiana Commercial laws. In such contract, it may be stipulated that neither the attorney nor the client may, without the written consent of the other, settle, compromise, release, discontinue, or otherwise dispose of the suit or claim. Either party to the contract may, at any time, file and record it with the clerk of court in the parish in which the suit is pending or is to be brought or with the clerk of court in the parish of the client's domicile. After such filing, any settlement, compromise, discontinuance, or other disposition made of the suit or claim by either the attorney or the client, without the written consent of the other, is null and void and the suit or claim shall be proceeded with as if no such settlement, compromise, discontinuance, or other disposition has been made. B. The term "fee", as used in this Section, means the agreed upon fee, whether fixed or contingent, and any and all other amounts advanced by the attorney to or on behalf of the client, as permitted by the Rules of Professional Conduct of the Louisiana State Bar Association. Amended by Acts 1970, No. 595, §1; Acts 1975, No. 670, §1; Acts 1989, No. 78, §2, eff. June 16, 1989; Acts 2001, No. 128, §13, eff. July 1, 2001.
LA Rev Stat § 37:219 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§219. Unlawful payments by attorneys; unlawful solicitation of employment for legal practitioners; penalty

RS 219 - Unlawful payments by attorneys; unlawful solicitation of employment for legal practitioners; penalty A. It shall be unlawful for any attorney to pay money or give any other thing of value to any person for the purpose of obtaining representation of any client. B.(1) No person, firm, or entity shall solicit employment for a legal practitioner. This Paragraph shall not apply to a communication governed by the Louisiana State Bar Articles of Incorporation, Article 16, Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 7.1. (2) This Section does not prevent any corporation or voluntary association formed for benevolent or charitable purposes and recognized by law from furnishing an attorney at law to give free assistance to persons without means. C.(1) Whoever violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars and imprisoned, with or without hard labor, for not less than ninety days nor more than five years. (2) For a second and each subsequent violation of the provisions of this Section, the penalty shall be a fine of not more than twenty thousand dollars and imprisonment at hard labor for not less than three years and for not more than fifteen years without the benefit of parole, probation, or suspension of sentence for the first five years. Added by Acts 1977, No. 759, §1. Acts 1993, No. 420, §2; Acts 2001, No. 835, §1; Acts 2006, No. 684, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:220 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§220. Confidentiality, immunity; loss prevention programs

RS 220 - Confidentiality, immunity; loss prevention programs  Any past or present loss prevention counsel functioning as such in the position approved by the Board of Governors of the Louisiana State Bar Association, Louisiana State Bar Association committee member, staff member, or person receiving information from such counsel, committee member, or staff member who has been involved in any loss prevention program, shall not be required to report any acts or disclose any information concerning the acts or omissions of a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association received during, or in connection with, loss prevention activities. Such counsel, committee member, and staff member shall be privileged and immune from any suit, claim, demand, court order, action, proceeding, or discovery request brought in connection with loss prevention duties or activities performed for any Louisiana State Bar Association member.  Acts 1992, No. 627, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:222 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§222. Limitation of liability; structured settlements; funding; "good faith" investments

RS 222 - Limitation of liability; structured settlements; funding; "good faith" investments A. An attorney who acts in good faith shall not be liable for any loss or damages as a result of any act or omission in negotiating or recommending a structured settlement of a claim or the particular mechanism or entity for the funding thereof or in depositing or investing settlement funds in a particular entity, unless the loss or damage was caused by his willful or wanton misconduct. B. As used in this Section: (1) "Attorney" means a natural person, duly and regularly licensed and admitted to practice law in this state, a professional law corporation organized pursuant to R.S. 12:801 et seq., or a partnership formed for the practice of law and composed of such natural persons or corporations, all of whom are duly and regularly licensed and admitted to the practice of law. (2) "Good faith" is presumed to exist when the attorney recommends or negotiates, invests, or deposits funds with an entity which is funded, guaranteed, or bonded by an insurance company which, at the time of such act, had a minimum rating of "A+9" or "Double A", or an equivalent thereof, according to standard rating practices in the insurance industry. Acts 1997, No. 608, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:223 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§223. Advertisements for legal services

RS 223 - Advertisements for legal services  A. The legislature recognizes that legal advertisements in the state have the potential to mislead individuals who need professional legal services and that potential litigants have the right to know what expenses will be associated with legal representation.  B.(1) Any advertisement for legal services, in any format, that contains a reference to a monetary settlement agreement or an award by a jury verdict previously obtained by the advertising attorney shall, in the same advertisement, disclose all attorney fees paid to the advertising attorney that are associated with the settlement agreement or award by jury verdict.  (2) The disclosure of all attorney fees associated with the settlement or jury verdict when presented in print shall be in a font size no smaller than half the size of the largest font size used in the advertisement and when presented verbally shall be audible, intelligible, and presented with equal prominence and in the same manner as the other parts of the advertisement.  C. The Louisiana Supreme Court may adopt rules as necessary to implement and enforce the provisions of this Section.  D. (1) For purposes of this Section, "media entity" includes the following:  (a) Radio or television broadcast station.  (b) Cable television company.  (c) Newspaper or periodical company.  (d) Billboard company.  (e) Voice, data, or other communications.  (f) Information services.  (g) Internet access provider.  (h) Bona fide news or public interest website operator.  (2) The provisions of this Section shall not limit or otherwise affect the carriage, distribution, transmission, or display of any advertisement by a media entity. Any carriage, distribution, transmission, or display of an advertisement by a media entity shall not be considered a violation of this Section by the media entity.  Acts 2020, No. 231, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2021.
LA Rev Stat § 37:341 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§341. Board of Barber Examiners

RS 341 - Board of Barber Examiners A.(1) The Board of Barber Examiners, hereinafter referred to as the board, is hereby created. The board shall consist of five members appointed by the governor, each of whom shall be a practical barber who has followed the occupation of barbering in this state for five years continuously and in his district for two years prior to his appointment. (2) One member shall be appointed from each public service commission district in the following manner: (a) The Louisiana State Association of Journeymen Barbers, Hair Dressers, Cosmetologists, and Proprietors shall submit to the governor a list of three names for each vacancy that may exist on the board, one of whom shall be a member of a racial minority and a member of the nominating organization. (b) When more than one vacancy exists at the same time, the name of any person may not appear on more than one list. (c) Upon receipt of the lists, the governor shall select and appoint one member. B. Each appointment by the governor shall be submitted to the Senate for confirmation. C. The governor shall designate one member to serve as chairman of the board. D. The members of the board shall serve staggered terms of six years. However, no member shall serve more than two consecutive terms. E. A vacancy occurring on the board for any reason shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1975, No. 815, §1; Acts 1977, No. 275, §1, eff. July 7, 1977. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1. Acts 1984, No. 399, §1, eff. July 6, 1984; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995. NOTE: See Acts 1995, No. 226, §2, eff. July 1, 1995.
LA Rev Stat § 37:342 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§342. Officers of board

RS 342 - Officers of board  The board shall elect a president and a vice president. Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:343 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§343. Seal of board

RS 343 - Seal of board  The board shall adopt and use a common seal for the authentication of its orders and records.  Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:344 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§344. Quorum

RS 344 - Quorum  A majority of the board duly assembled in meeting constitutes a quorum for the transaction of all business.  Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:345 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§345. Compensation and expenses of board

RS 345 - Compensation and expenses of board A. The members of the board appointed pursuant to R.S. 37:341 shall receive compensation fixed by the board at not more than one hundred twenty-five dollars per day for each day in attendance upon its sessions and for necessary subsistence, hotel expenses, and travel expenses, covering travel from their domiciles to the place of meeting and return as set by regulation by the division of administration for executive branch agencies. B. Board members shall be paid only actual expenses in the discharge of their duties. They shall give a correct itemized statement of their expenses. C. The board shall be furnished suitable quarters. Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 41, §1; Acts 1972, No. 244, §1; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2005, No. 470, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:346 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§346. Employment of assistants; qualifications

RS 346 - Employment of assistants; qualifications  The board may employ inspectors, instructors, and such other assistants as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this Chapter subject to any civil service law in effect. All inspectors shall be barbers who have had at least two years experience in this state. The board may employ an attorney to represent it in its functions pursuant to this Chapter. Acts 1990, No. 597, §1; Acts 2005, No. 470, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:347 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§347. Salaries and expenses; how payable

RS 347 - Salaries and expenses; how payable  All salaries, per diem, and expenses due or incurred by the board shall be paid by vouchers drawn by the secretary. All such vouchers are payable only out of the barbers' board fund provided for in R.S. 37:376.  Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:348 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§348. Practice of barbering defined

RS 348 - Practice of barbering defined  Any one of the following practices or any combination thereof when done upon the human body above the seventh cervical vertebra for cosmetic purposes and not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments and when done for direct or indirect payment or without payment for the public generally constitutes the practice of barbering:  (1) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair.  (2) Giving facial and scalp massages by applying oils, creams, lotion, or other cosmetic materials, either by hand or by mechanical appliances.  (3) Singeing, shampooing, or dyeing the hair or applying hair tonic. (4) Applying cosmetic preparations, antiseptics, powder, oils, clays, or lotions.  Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 41, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:349 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§349. Certificate of registration required for barbers; students excepted; apprenticeship certificates

RS 349 - Certificate of registration required for barbers; students excepted; apprenticeship certificates A. No person shall practice or attempt to practice barbering without a certificate of registration as a registered barber issued by the board. B. Students in certified barber colleges may perform acts included in the practice of barbering but only as clinical training and only on persons who have consented thereto after they have been specifically advised in advance that the operator is not a registered barber but only a student in training. C. The board is authorized to adopt rules to allow a barber college to charge or accept directly or indirectly any money whatsoever for such clinical practice by the student or for materials used therein whether the money is considered payment for services or materials or as a gratuity. D. A person participating in the Barber Apprenticeship Program registered with the Apprenticeship Council of the Louisiana Workforce Commission may perform acts included in the practice of barbering if he holds an apprenticeship certificate issued by the board. The board shall issue such an apprenticeship certificate to an applicant upon submission of an application accompanied by proof of his participation in such program and payment of the appropriate apprenticeship certificate fee. Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 424, §2. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995; Acts 2008, No. 743, §7, eff. July 1, 2008.
LA Rev Stat § 37:350 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§350. Persons exempt

RS 350 - Persons exempt  A. The following persons are exempt from the provisions of this Chapter while in the proper discharge of their professional duties:  (1) Persons authorized by law to practice medicine or surgery.  (2) Commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States Army, Navy, or Marine Hospital Service.  (3) Registered nurses.  (4) Persons authorized by law to practice cosmetic therapy or beauty culture.  B. The provisions of this Section shall not authorize any of the above exempted persons to shave or trim the beard or to cut the hair of any person for cosmetic purposes.  Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Acts 1984, No. 238, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 37:351 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 37 - Professions and Occupations|§351. Employment of barbers

RS 351 - Employment of barbers No person shall permit any person in his employ or under his supervision or control to practice as a barber unless the latter person has a certificate of registration as a registered barber, an apprenticeship certificate, or a certificate of registration as a cosmetologist issued by the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology, or holds a valid permit from the Board of Barber Examiners issued pursuant to R.S. 37:368. Acts 1964, No. 309, §1. Amended by Acts 1976, No. 424, §3; Acts 1978, No. 57, §1; Acts 1984, No. 238, §1; Acts 1995, No. 226, §1, eff. July 1, 1995.