All persons licensed to practice law in Guam on the effective date of this Act shall automatically become members of the Bar of Guam without being required to qualify therefor under the provisions of this Act. The clerk of the District Court of Guam shall certify and transmit to the clerk of the Superior Court the names of all such persons duly licensed to practice law in Guam as of the effective date of this Act. SOURCE: P.L. 14-102:2. Formerly numbered Appendix A 7 GCA § 9119,
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renumbered by Compiler to § 9A119. NOTE: Must be cross-referenced with the current Rules Governing Admission to the Practice of Rules and/or the current Rules for the Discipline of Attorneys to determine whether it was repealed. See COMMENT above. COMMENT: Government attorneys, who were specially admitted to practice because of their position, were not "licensed to practice law" on the effective date of the Integrated Bar Act by reason of the limited authority formerly granted by statute allowing the government attorneys to practice law while in government service without being admitted to the Bar. Baumgarten et al v Superior Court, S.P. 29-78, Superior Court Guam, 1978.
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ARTICLE 2 ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE
NOTE: This Article was added by P.L. 17-62:3 to replace all mention of attorney discipline in Article 1 of this Chapter. The effect is to wholly revamp the treatment of attorney discipline, giving all of the responsibility and authority for investigating disciplinary matters to the Guam Bar Association's Ethics Committee. The Judicial Council no longer has any responsibility or power in these matters. Following investigation and findings that discipline is warranted, the matter goes directly from the Ethics Committee to a three- judge panel of the Superior Court.