Generally speaking, as legal practitioners, the professional behavior of lawyers is strictly regulated and supervised, while drunk driving is illegal, and the relationship between them may lead to corresponding legal consequences.
First, the legal consequences of drunk driving
Drunk driving violates traffic regulations. According to the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, drunk drivers will face fines, revocation of driving licenses, detention and other penalties. These penalties are direct legal sanctions against the personal behavior of drunk drivers, and have no direct relationship with their professional status.
Second, the professional code of conduct for lawyers
As legal practitioners, lawyers' professional behavior is regulated by the People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law and other laws and regulations. These laws and regulations require lawyers to abide by the law, safeguard legal dignity and abide by professional ethics. If the lawyer's behavior violates these norms, he may be subject to corresponding disciplinary sanctions, including warning, suspension of practice, revocation of lawyer's practice certificate, etc.
Thirdly, the influence of drunk driving on the lawyer industry.
Although drunk driving itself does not directly involve the professional qualification of lawyers, if drunk driving leads to serious legal consequences, such as being investigated for criminal responsibility, it will have a serious impact on the professional reputation and credibility of lawyers. In addition, if the drunk driving behavior is exposed, it may also lead to social doubts and criticisms of lawyers' professional ethics.
In practice, whether drunk driving will lead to the revocation of lawyer's license still needs to consider the specific case and the handling method of local judicial administrative organs. If the judicial administrative organ considers that a lawyer's drunk driving behavior seriously violates professional ethics and the circumstances are bad, it may take corresponding disciplinary actions against the lawyer, including revoking the lawyer's practice certificate.
To sum up:
Whether a lawyer's license will be revoked after drunk driving depends on the specific legal provisions and the situation of the case. Although drunk driving itself does not directly involve the professional qualifications of lawyers, if it leads to serious legal consequences or violates professional ethics, lawyers may face corresponding disciplinary actions, including revocation of lawyer's practice certificate. Therefore, lawyers should strictly abide by traffic laws and regulations, avoid drunk driving and other illegal acts, and safeguard their personal reputation and professional image.
Legal basis:
Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 9 1 stipulates that:
Those who drive a motor vehicle after drinking alcohol shall be detained for six months and fined between 1,000 yuan and 2,000 yuan. Whoever is punished for driving a motor vehicle after drinking or driving a motor vehicle after drinking again shall be detained for not more than 10 days, fined not less than 1,000 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan, and his motor vehicle driver's license shall be revoked.
Drunk driving a motor vehicle shall be restrained by the traffic administrative department of the public security organ until it wakes up, and the motor vehicle driving license shall be revoked, and criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law; No motor vehicle driver's license shall be obtained again within five years.
People's Republic of China (PRC) Lawyers Law
Article 49 provides that:
If a lawyer commits one of the following acts, the judicial administrative department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall revoke his lawyer's practice certificate; If the case constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law:
(a) meeting with judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff in violation of regulations, or otherwise affecting the handling of cases according to law;
(2) Offering bribes to judges, prosecutors, arbitrators and other relevant staff members, introducing bribes or instigating or inducing parties to pay bribes;
(3) Providing false materials to the judicial administrative department or committing other fraudulent acts;
(4) Deliberately providing false evidence or threatening or inducing others to provide false evidence, which hinders the other party from obtaining evidence according to law;
(5) accepting property or other benefits from the other party, and maliciously colluding with the other party or a third party to infringe upon the rights and interests of the client;
(6) Disrupting the order of courts and arbitration tribunals and interfering with the normal conduct of litigation and arbitration activities;
(seven) inciting or instructing the parties to take illegal means such as disturbing public order and endangering public security to resolve disputes;
(8) making statements that endanger national security, maliciously slander others, and seriously disturb the order of the court;
(9) divulging state secrets.
If a lawyer is subject to criminal punishment for intentional crime, the judicial administrative department of the people's government of a province, autonomous region or municipality directly under the Central Government shall revoke his lawyer's practice certificate.