"While jokes have their place, accepting or inviting violence against attorneys is no longer funny," he said.

The report, based largely on the accounts of client-victims, is reinforced by the large number of grievances filed against attorneys in matrimonial cases.

The task force concluded that "gender bias against women litigants, attorneys and court employees is a pervasive problem with grave consequences."

The association is not a regulatory or disciplinary body and has no power to hear complaints against attorneys, even if they are members of the association.

Complaints against attorneys are investigated and prosecuted by the State Bar's Office of the Chief Trial Counsel.

The California state bar, now has, says the paper, a backlog of 6,556 unresolved complaints against attorneys.

Grauer was responsible for supervising discipline cases against attorneys in federal court.

In addition, complaints against foreign attorneys whose names appear on the consular list of attorneys can result in the removal of their names from the list.

Of the criticisms that lawyers often articulate against other attorneys in different practice areas, Hendricks wrote:

He was reportedly upset that the site had rated him "average" via a rating system that considered disciplinary actions that had been taken against attorneys.