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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="10-601" title_number="10" title_name="Lawyers" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Prohibited Acts; Penalties">
  <level label="a">
    <text>Except as otherwise provided by law, a person may not practice, attempt to practice, or offer to practice law in the State unless admitted to the Bar.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>While an individual is on inactive status or disbarred or while the individual’s right to practice law is suspended or revoked, the individual may:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>discharge existing obligations;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>collect and distribute accounts receivable; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>perform any other act that is necessary to conclude the affairs of a law practice but that does not constitute practicing law.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>It is not a defense to a charge of a violation of this section that the defendant acted through an officer, director, partner, trustee, agent, or employee who is a lawyer.</text>
  </level>
</section>
