Is the law office required to disclose personal information of the head of the law office?
Whether or not the law office is required to disclose personal information of the head of the law office, according to the provisions of Article 38 Law on Lawyers 2006 as follows:
Announcing the contents of the registration of operations of the law-practicing organization
1. Within thirty days from the date of issuance of the Certificate of operation registration, a law-practicing organization must publish a daily newspaper of the central or locality where its operation is registered or a specialized law newspaper for three issues. continuously about the following main contents:
a) Name of the law-practicing organization;
b) Address of the headquarters of the law-practicing organization, branch, and transaction office;
c) Field of practice;
d) Full name, address, law practice certificate number of the lawyer who is the head of the law office, the director of the law firm and other founding members;
d) Number of Operation Registration Certificate, place of operation registration, date, month and year of issuance of Operation Registration Certificate.
2. In case of changes to the contents of its operation registration, the law-practicing organization must announce those changed contents within the time limit and according to the method specified in Clause 1 of this Article.
Accordingly, within thirty days from the date of issuance of the Certificate of Operation Registration, the lawyer's office must publish a daily newspaper of the central or locality where it is registered to operate or a specialized law newspaper in three consecutive issues. continue on the main contents specified in Clause 1, Article 38 above.
Therefore, the law office is required to disclose basic personal information of the head of the law office such as full name, address, and law practice certificate number.