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Discipline, Jurisdiction by Jurisdiction

Every state, the District of Columbia, and the federal courts: who regulates attorneys and judges, how complaints are filed, counted, and adjudicated, and links to each jurisdiction's own complaint and disposition statistics. Badges show whether the jurisdiction publishes aggregate discipline statistics at all.

Federal Courts

94 district courts, DOJ OPR, USPTO, EOIR — and Table S-22 for federal judges.

Partial statistics

Alabama

1,118 attorney complaints (2024) · 235 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: No published statistics
Judges: No published statistics

Alaska

179 attorney complaints (2024) · 68 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Partial statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Arizona

2,797 attorney complaints (2023) · 668 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Arkansas

728 attorney complaints (2025) · 339 judicial (2023)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

California

15,247 attorney complaints (2016) · 1,778 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Colorado

4,431 attorney complaints (2024) · 368 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Connecticut

810 attorney complaints (2019) · 208 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: No published statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Delaware

194 attorney complaints (2023) · 17 judicial (2023)

Attorneys: No published statistics
Judges: Partial statistics

District of Columbia

1,961 attorney complaints (2025) · 229 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Partial statistics

Florida

3,659 attorney complaints (2023) · 771 judicial (2015)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: No published statistics

Georgia

2,361 attorney complaints (2023) · 1,661 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Partial statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Hawaii

436 attorney complaints (2023) · 1,009 judicial (2023)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Idaho

522 attorney complaints (2025) · 117 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: No published statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Illinois

4,706 attorney complaints (2024) · 556 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Partial statistics

Indiana

1,639 attorney complaints (2025) · 773 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Iowa

756 attorney complaints (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: No published statistics

Kansas

1,037 attorney complaints (2023) · 283 judicial (2022)

Attorneys: No published statistics
Judges: Partial statistics

Kentucky

954 attorney complaints (2022) · 373 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: No published statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Louisiana

2,340 attorney complaints (2024) · 382 judicial (2023)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: No published statistics

Maine

189 attorney complaints (2018)

Attorneys: Partial statistics
Judges: No published statistics

Maryland

1,760 attorney complaints (2025) · 396 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Massachusetts

3,446 attorney complaints (2024) · 1,117 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Michigan

2,080 attorney complaints (2016) · 530 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Minnesota

1,278 attorney complaints (2024) · 918 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Mississippi

516 attorney complaints (2025) · 657 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: Partial statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Missouri

2,026 attorney complaints (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: No published statistics

Montana

276 attorney complaints (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Partial statistics

Nebraska

396 attorney complaints (2023) · 82 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: No published statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Nevada

1,651 attorney complaints (2025) · 262 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Partial statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

New Hampshire

237 attorney complaints (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Partial statistics

New Jersey

2,925 attorney complaints (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: No published statistics

New Mexico

667 attorney complaints (2019) · 350 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

New York

3,517 attorney complaints (2007) · 3,363 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: Partial statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

North Carolina

1,482 attorney complaints (2023) · 753 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

North Dakota

174 attorney complaints (2024) · 37 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Partial statistics
Judges: No published statistics

Ohio

2,893 attorney complaints (2024) · 800 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Partial statistics

Oklahoma

208 attorney complaints (2024) · 300 judicial (2023)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: No published statistics

Oregon

1,755 attorney complaints (2023) · 367 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: No published statistics

Pennsylvania

4,253 attorney complaints (2023) · 825 judicial (2023)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Rhode Island

275 attorney complaints (2023)

Attorneys: Partial statistics
Judges: Partial statistics

South Carolina

1,798 attorney complaints (2025) · 437 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

South Dakota

62 attorney complaints (2023) · 38 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: No published statistics
Judges: Partial statistics

Tennessee

3,959 attorney complaints (2025)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Texas

8,472 attorney complaints (2022) · 1,135 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Utah

631 attorney complaints (2023) · 183 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Vermont

175 attorney complaints (2024) · 54 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Virginia

3,081 attorney complaints (2023) · 564 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Partial statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Washington

1,822 attorney complaints (2024) · 1,181 judicial (2024)

Attorneys: Publishes statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

West Virginia

634 attorney complaints (2017) · 141 judicial (2022)

Attorneys: No published statistics
Judges: Partial statistics

Wisconsin

1,375 attorney complaints (2021) · 806 judicial (2025)

Attorneys: Partial statistics
Judges: Publishes statistics

Wyoming

117 attorney complaints (2023) · 37 judicial (2022)

Attorneys: No published statistics
Judges: Partial statistics
Process descriptions summarize each jurisdiction's published rules in outline; details change and vary. Verify current procedure with the agency before filing. Vitreo is not a court or disciplinary authority, and nothing here is legal advice. Figures are drawn from each agency's own publications (and, where flagged, the ABA S.O.L.D. survey) — see The Evidence for methodology. Spotted an error or newer data? Tell us.