General Council of Spanish Lawyers

Supreme body of the Spanish lawyers

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General Council of Spanish LawyersConsejo General de la Abogacía Española

Abbreviation| CGAE
Formation| 1943; 82 years ago (1943)
Type| Public law corporation (statutory corporation)
Headquarters| Palacio del Marqués de Alcañices
Paseo de Recoletos, 13
Madrid (Spain)
Membership| 250,000 lawyers and 83 bar associations (2020)

Chair

| Victoria Ortega (since 2016)

Vice-Chair

| Carlos Fuentenebro (since 2016)

Board of directors

| 10 members, a general secretary, a treasurer, a vice president and the president
Budget| € 13 million (2023)
Employees| 100 (2022)
Website| www.abogacia.es

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The General Council of Spanish Lawyers (Spanish: Consejo General de la Abogacía Española) is the supreme representative and executive body of all the bar associations and lawyers of Spain.[1][2]

It is a Spanish public law corporation (statutory corporation) that brings together the 83 bar associations of Spain and all lawyers in Spain (in Spain, it is mandatory for lawyers to be joined to a bar association).[3][4]

The General Council of Spanish Lawyers represents the 83 Spanish bar associations and all the Spanish lawyers. The corporation is also member of the Spanish Council of State, represented by its chairperson.[5]

The current chairperson is Victoria Ortega.[6][7][8][9]

## History

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After the Civil War and in a situation of organizational chaos, in the midst of a harsh economic and social crisis, the single party of the Spanish Falange carried out a process of purge and expulsion of lawyers disaffected by the new political regime. In the Madrid Bar Association, for example, between 1939 and 1951 the President was not directly elected by the members.[10] In the forties the corporation participated in the creation of a body that would encompass all the Bar Associations in Spain, which materialized in 1943 with the creation of the General Council of Spanish Lawyers.[11]

The General Council of Spanish Lawyers was launched in 1942, at the proposal of Emilio Laguna Azorín, at the time president of the Zaragoza Bar Association, the oldest bar association in Spain. The Francoist Ministry of Justice approved the legal provisions the following year. Specifically, it approves the Decree of June 19, 1943 by which the first corporation of bar associations is created, the General Council of the Illustrious Bar Associations of Spain, developed by Ministerial Order of October 14, 1943, a corporation more in a dictatorship that calls itself organic democracy. Throughout the Dictatorship, its operation is confused with that of the Madrid Bar Association, with which it shares the board of directors.

At the end of Francoism, the corporation also participated in the political turmoil of the moment, with an important participation of members of the anti-Franco opposition.[12] The Francoist government even intervened in 1972 in the Madrid Bar Association to prevent candidacies for the Governing Board of political opponents such as Enrique Tierno Galván, Pablo Castellano or José María Gil-Robles, which led to the suspension of that year's elections.[13] Pedrol Rius, who held the position of president from 1972 to 1992, adapted the institutions of the corporation to the new constitutional framework during the democratic Transition.[14]

## Organization

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Palace of the Marquess of Alcañices (Madrid), headquarters of the General Council of the Spanish Lawyers

It is organized internally through a General Assembly,[15] made up of all the 83 bar associations, which is held at least once a year and elects by direct and secret vote, every five years, a Governing Board made up of ten members, one Treasurer, a Librarian, a Secretary and governed by a President.[16]

The main headquarters of the council is located in the Palace of the Marqués de Alcañices, at Paseo de Recoletos, 13, in Madrid.[16]

According to General Council of Spanish Lawyers data, in 2020 there were around 250,000 registered lawyers throughout Spain (of which 154,000 were practicing registered lawyers and 95,000 non-practicing registered lawyers).[17][18]

The General Council of Spanish Lawyers is the third pillar of the justice system in Spain:[19]

* Judiciary: General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ)
* Prosecution: Council of the Spanish Attorneys and the Spanish Attorney General
* Lawyers: General Council of Spanish Lawyers (CGAE)

## Functions

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The General Council of the Spanish Legal Profession, the coordinating and executive representative body of the 83 Bar Associations, defends a Legal Profession based on values, free, independent, opinion leader, with social projection and at the forefront of the implementation of new technologies.[20][21][22][23][24]

In addition to that, it defends lawyers,[25] participates in the legislative process[26] and decides on other issues such as the official shift, free justice,...[27][28]

The CGAE is also the body in charge of bringing together all lawyers in the National Conference of Lawyers.[29][30]

## Controversies

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During the years 2020 and 2022, a great controversy arose in relation to the remuneration and allowances of the Board's directors.[31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38]

## Chairpersons

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* Antonio Goicoechea 1943-1952
* Manuel Escobedo Duato 1952-1959
* Vicente Gella 1959-1964
* José Luis del Valle Iturriaga 1964-1972
* Antonio Pedrol Rius 1973-1992
* Eugenio Gay Montalvo 1992-2001
* Carlos Carnicer Díez 2001-2016
* Victoria Ortega Benito 2016-[39]

## See also

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* Spanish Council of State
* Antonio Hernández-Gil Young Lawyers Award

## References

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2. ^ Royal Spanish Academy, Royal Spanish Academy. "General Council of Spanish Lawyers - Consejo General de la Abogacía Española".
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5. ^ "Consejeros natos". Consejo de Estado - Reino de España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
6. ^ Cortés, Irene (2020-01-17). "Victoria Ortega, reelegida presidenta del CGAE con mayoría absoluta". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
7. ^ General, Redacción (2020-01-17). "Victoria Ortega Benito, reelegida presidenta por mayoría absoluta del Consejo General de la Abogacía Española". Abogacía Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
8. ^ "Victoria Ortega, reelegida presidenta del CGAE por mayoría absoluta". EXPANSION (in Spanish). 2020-01-17. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
9. ^ peña, Consuelo de la (2016-01-14). "La cántabra Victoria Ortega, elegida presidenta de la Abogacía española". El Diario Montañés (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
10. ^ Barabino, José Mario (2014). Nueva reseña histórica del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid (in Spanish). Tirant Lo Blanch. pp. 51–54.
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14. ^ Barabino, José Mario (2014). Nueva reseña histórica del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid. Tirant Lo Blanch. pp. 64–68.
15. ^ "El Consejo de la Abogacía pide la aplicación del Derecho Internacional en el conflicto de Oriente Próximo - LegalToday". www.legaltoday.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
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18. ^ Digital, Confidencial (2015-10-21). "España ya cuenta con más de 60.000 abogados digitales". Confidencial Digital (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
19. ^ "El CGPJ y el CGAE firman un convenio marco con el fin de mejorar la eficacia de los juzgados y tribunales y la calidad del ejercicio de la abogacía - LegalToday". www.legaltoday.com. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
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21. ^ "¿Por qué es tan importante para la abogacía lo que salga del XIII Congreso del CGAE?".
22. ^ General, Redacción (2023-05-05). "Llamamiento de la Abogacía para un pacto de Estado por el futuro de la Justicia". Abogacía Española (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
23. ^ "El Consejo de la Abogacía busca una jubilación digna para todos los profesionales". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
24. ^ Redacción (2023-09-06). "El CGAE insta a los políticos a garantizar pensiones mínimas con cargo a los presupuestos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
25. ^ "El CGAE rechaza las sospechas generalizadas de Hacienda sobre los abogados". Expansión.com (in Spanish). 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
26. ^ "La Abogacía no entregará al Gobierno el informe de la nueva LECrim porque "el adelanto electoral ha frustrado el debate"". Europa Press. 2011-09-19. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
27. ^ "El Colegio de la Abogacía de León reclama una remuneración equitativa para el servicio de turno de oficio". Info León (in Spanish). 2023-10-31. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
28. ^ Barjola, José Miguel (2023-06-15). "Victoria Ortega reclama más sillones en el Consejo General del Poder Judicial para defender los intereses de la abogacía". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
29. ^ Esteban, Marcelino Abad Ramón, Patricia (2023-05-05). "Estas son las conclusiones del Congreso Nacional de la Abogacía". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
30. ^ Ramón, Patricia Esteban, Marcelino Abad (2023-05-08). "La abogacía se conjura para sortear nuevos retos en su congreso nacional". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
31. ^ Rosal, Pedro del (2022-10-18). "El Consejo de la Abogacía se enroca y rechaza informar sobre las dietas, el piso o el 'e-mail'". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
32. ^ Rosal, Pedro del (2023-05-02). "Las cuentas del Consejo de la Abogacía siguen en la UVI: 1,4 millones de pérdidas en 2022". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
33. ^ "Estalla la guerra en la abogacía: el colegio de Madrid enfrentado abiertamente al CGAE - Diario16plus" (in Spanish). 2023-09-18. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
34. ^ Rosal, Pedro del (2023-09-12). "Guerra en la abogacía: Ribón rompe con Ortega y exige un CGAE de elección popular". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
35. ^ Cameo, Fernando (2022-07-27). "Victoria Ortega: "Me preocupa cualquier mensaje que ofrece una imagen distorsionada de la realidad"". Cinco Días (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
36. ^ Rosal, Pedro del (2022-11-24). "El Consejo de la Abogacía se autoenmienda y plantea recortar 300.000 € en dietas y viajes". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
37. ^ Redacción (2022-07-28). "El CGAE reacciona ante la "campaña de desprestigio" y los "ataques reiterados"" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
38. ^ Cortés, Irene (2023-05-05). "El turno de oficio y Ribón evidencian el ensimismamiento del CGAE". elconfidencial.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.
39. ^ Sevilla, Diario de (2020-01-17). "Victoria Ortega, reelegida presidenta de la Abogacía española con el 72,5% de los votos". Diario de Sevilla (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-01.

## Bibliography

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* Barabino, José Mario (2014). Nueva reseña histórica del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid. Valencia: Tirant Lo Blanch. OCLC 881223133.
* García Venero, Maximiano (1971). Orígenes y vida del Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid (Derecho, Foro, Política). Madrid: Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid.
* Pérez-Bustamante, Rogelio (1996). El Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid. Madrid: Ilustre Colegio de Abogados de Madrid. ISBN 84-921639-0-9.
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