Title
TITLE 5 - ATTORNEYS
Body
Oklahoma Statutes
Attorneys and state bar, see 5 O.S. § 1 et seq.
CHAPTER 1
PRACTICING BEFORE CHEROKEE NATION COURTS
Cross References
Procedure for admission, see 20 CNCA App. I, Rule 142.
§ 1. Membership in Cherokee Nation Bar required to practice before Cherokee Nation Courts-Qualifications for membership
No person shall practice as an attorney and counselor at law in any Court of Cherokee Nation unless said person first obtains membership in the Cherokee Nation Bar Association. All members in good standing of the Oklahoma Bar Association are eligible for membership in the Cherokee Nation Bar upon making application and submitting themselves to the jurisdiction of Cherokee Nation Courts and subjecting themselves to the contempt powers of Cherokee Nation Courts. Annual dues may be charged for membership in the Cherokee Nation Bar.
Cross References
Membership in Cherokee Nation Bar required to practice before Cherokee Nation Courts-Qualifications for membership, see 20 CNCA App. I, Rule 132.
Library References
Attorney and Client
4.
Westlaw Topic No. 45.
C.J.S. Attorney and Client §§ 15 to 18.
§ 2. Oath required
Any person admitted to the Cherokee Nation Bar shall, before he is allowed to appear as an attorney in any Court, Agency or Commission take the following oath:
"I do solemnly swear, that I will, to the best of my knowledge and ability, support and defend all causes that may be entrusted to my care, and that in so doing, I will be true to the Court and to the Constitution and laws of Cherokee Nation and subject myself to the contempt powers of Cherokee Nation Courts. So help me God."
Cross References
Oath required, see 20 CNCA App. I, Rule 133.
Roll of lay advocates, see 20 CNCA App. I, Rule 141.
Library References
Attorney and Client 8.
Westlaw Topic No. 45.
C.J.S. Attorney and Client § 13.
§ 3. Removal of attorney
Any attorney practicing before Cherokee Nation Courts may be removed b...
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