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BIRBROWER, MONTALBANO, CONDON & FRANK v. SUPERIOR CT.

Docket No. S057125.

17 Cal.4th 119 (1998)

BIRBROWER, MONTALBANO, CONDON & FRANK, P.C., et al., Petitioners, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, Respondent; ESQ BUSINESS SERVICES, INC., Real Party in Interest.

Supreme Court of California.

January 5, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Halley, Cornel & Lynch, Roger C. Peters, Hoge, Fenton, Jones & Appel, David P. Eby, William J. Elfving and Scott R. Mosko for Petitioners.

Latham & Watkins, Joseph A. Wheelock, Jr., and Julie V. King as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioners.

No appearance for Respondent.

Hopkins & Carley, Jon Michaelson, Denise Y. Yamamoto and Robert W. Ricketson for Real Party in Interest.

Diane C. Yu, Lawrence C. Yee, Mark Torres-Gil and Robert M. Sweet as Amici Curiae on behalf of Real Party in Interest.

OPINION

CHIN, J.

Business and Professions Code section 6125 states: "No person shall practice law in California unless the person is an active member of the State Bar."1 We must decide whether an out-of-state law firm, not licensed to practice law in this state, violated section 6125 when it performed legal services in California for a California-based client...

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