GROUNDS FOR DISBARMENT (RULE 138, SECTION 27, RULES OF COURT)

SECTION 27. Disbarment or suspension of attorneys by Supreme Court; grounds therefor. -
A member of the bar may be disbarred or suspended from his office as attorney by the Supreme Court for any

1. deceit;
2. malpractice;
3. other gross misconduct in such office;
4. grossly immoral conduct;
5. by reason of his conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude;
6. for violation of the oath, which he is required to take before admission to practice;
7. for a wilful disobedience of any order of the superior court; or
8. for corruptly or willfully appearing as an attorney for a party to a case without authority to do so.

The practice of soliciting cases at law for the purpose of gain, either personally or through paid agents or brokers, constitutes malpractice.