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La. Rev. Stat. § 37:211 (2026)
CHAPTER 4. ATTORNEYS
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CHAPTER 4. ATTORNEYS
§211. Louisiana State Bar Association; recognition of association by legislature
The Louisiana State Bar Association is created and regulated under the rule-making power of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, pursuant to a memorial addressed to the court by the legislature in Act 54 of 1940.
The association may organize under the general corporation laws of this state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1968–2021 · leading case: Boudreaux v. LA State Bar Assn, 3 F.4th 748 (5th Cir. 2021).
Boudreaux v. LA State Bar Assn, 3 F.4th 748 (5th Cir. 2021). “3 LSBA 1 Letter from Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bridget Mary McCormack to Michigan Bar Examinees (July 29, 2020). 2 A companion case decided today concerns mandatory membership and fees in Texas.”
Saucier v. Hayes Dairy Prods., Inc., 373 So. 2d 102 (La. 1979). “R.S. 37:211; In re Mundy, 202 La. 41 , 11 So.”
Singer Hunter Levine, Etc. v. La. State Bar Ass'n, 378 So. 2d 423 (La. 1979). “1A; Rules of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, Rule 19 (1973); R.S. 37:211; Saucier v. Hayes, supra; In re Mundy, 202 La.”
Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Edwins, 329 So. 2d 437 (La. 1976). “The state bar association is created and regulated under the rule-making power of *441 this court, and its articles of incorporation, disciplinary proceedings, and code of professional conduct have been adopted as rules of this court. This adoption by rule is pursuant to the…”
La. State Bar Ass'n v. Carr & Assocs., 15 So. 3d 158 (La. Ct. App. 2009). “Further, the LSBA points to LSA-R.S. 37:211, which provides that the LSBA “is created and regulated under the rule-making power of the Supreme Court of Louisianaf.”
Mire v. City of Lake Charles, 540 So. 2d 950 (La. 1989). “" LSA-R.S. 37:211. [6] LSA-R.S. 47:359.J. [7] LSA-R.”
Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. McGovern, 481 So. 2d 574 (La. 1986). “This court has exclusive original jurisdiction of disciplinary proceedings against a member of the bar. La. Const. of 1974, Art. 5, Sec. 5(B).”
Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Chatelain, 513 So. 2d 1178 (La. 1987). “2d 795 (1943); LSA-R.S. 37:211; Supreme Court Rule 19. The records which were requested by subpoena duces tecum in this case meet the requirements of the "required records doctrine" enunciated in Shapiro.”
Singleton v. Louisiana State Bar Ass'n, 413 F. Supp. 1092 (E.D. La. 1976). “Although the power to certify applicants as qualified to practice law rests with the Committee, the ultimate power to admit an applicant to practice law in the state resides with the Louisiana Supreme Court.”
THIBAUT v. Smith & Loveless, 576 So. 2d 532 (La. Ct. App. 1990). “[3] The Code of Professional Responsibility, Article 16, Articles of Incorporation, Louisiana State Bar Association, was adopted as a rule of the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1974, pursuant to LSA-R.S. 37:211. The Code is divided into (1) Canons, (2) Ethical Considerations, and…”
Sobol v. Perez, 289 F. Supp. 392 (E.D. La. 1968). “LSA-R.S. 37:211. Article 12, section 9 of its Articles of Incorporation 10 is a comparable provision to section 214 (except that it has no criminal penalty), and contains the same phrases, “temporarily present” and “in association with.”
Med. Audit Serv., Inc. v. Martinez, 215 So. 2d 160 (La. Ct. App. 1968). “In brief before this Court counsel for appellant contends that -plaintiff -is a collection agency, and that the judgment granted plaintiff against his client is null, being in violation of LSA-R.S. 37:211 et seq., and the case of Andrus v.”
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