484.190. Powers to suspend or remove. - Missouri Statutes

Powers to suspend or remove.

484.190. Any attorney or counselor at law may be removed orsuspended from practice in the courts of this state for any ofthe following reasons:

(1) If he be convicted of any criminal offense involvingmoral turpitude;

(2) If he unlawfully retain his client's money or if he isguilty of any malpractice, fraud, deceit or misdemeanorwhatsoever in his professional capacity;

(3) If he shall have been removed, suspended or disbarredfrom the practice of law in any other state or jurisdiction andshall fail to disclose such fact in his application for licenseto practice law in this state.

(RSMo 1939 § 13328)

Prior revisions: 1929 § 11707; 1919 § 681; 1909 § 951

(1974) All power to suspend or remove attorneys is vested in the supreme court. Harkins v. Eldredge (CA Mo.), 505 F.2d 802.