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[eLearner]

The client can make a statement indicating their opinion on the attorney's competence but it isn't that statement that alters the attorney's ability to practice.  It is the subsequent investigation by the governing body (probably the state bar association) that makes the difference.  Plenty of people complain but it rarely alters anything.  Disgruntled clients could end the career of virtually every attorney on the planet if that were the case.

To allude to the point I made earlier, I'm speaking only of legitimate cases where the complaint is deemed valid. I think it goes without saying that there is a process... but that complaint would be the catalyst since without the complaint there would be no investigation with the possibility of finding the complaint valid in the first place.