The Board Operations Committee of the State Bar Board of Trustees voted the following resolution today at its meeting in San Francisco. Continue reading
Dunn Seeks Retroactive Board Approval for AB 888 and AB1515
Two last minute additions to the agenda of the Board Operations Committee of the the California State Bar Board of Trustees seek Board approval of AB 1515 (Gonzalez), which would require California lawyers to place advanced fees into trust, and AB 852 (Dickinson) which would allow the State Bar to obtain a civil fine against those engaged in the unauthorized practice law. Continue reading
Chief Trial Counsel Says No to Nolo
Chief Trial Counsel Jayne Kim
Perhaps no government agency in California has been as studied as often as the State Bar of California. Many of those studies gather dust on the bookshelves of the State Bar library, such as the study conducted by the eminent John Berry and the ABA in 2000 that recommended exclusive control of the discipline process by the Supreme Court.
A few of these innumerable studies have led to substantial and meaningful change. Continue reading
State Bar Court Judge Remke Named Head of California FPPC
- Judge Remke and Judge Patrice McElroy with Ron George
The Los Angeles Times has the story, although they called her “Jodi” Remke, as did the Sacramento Bee. But blame it on Moonbeam’s office; they got it wrong in the press release!
She’ll be a tough act to follow.
Judge Remke took over the Presiding Judge Continue reading
Dan Walters on “State Bar Power Grab”
Dan Walters, the Sacramento Bee’s longtime political reporter, has a story regarding an some interesting legislative legerdemain exhibited by the State Bar of California.
Last year it sponsored AB 888 (Dickinson), a bill that would have allowed the State Bar to recover a civil penalty of $2,500 in enforcement actions enjoining the unauthorized practice of law (Bus. & Prof. Code section 6125 et seq.) The bill was designated “urgency legislation.” Continue reading
Present at the Creative Destruction
Shiva is in the house…
Professor William Henderson’s latest article is “Letting Go of Old Ideas” (h/t to John Steele and the indispensible (as we were recently reminded) Legal Ethics Forum.) As usually, his work is full of insight and abundant cross-reference to any number of personal, cultural historical signposts that you might recognize.
For me, the reference to Finley Kumble was all three. Although I never worked at Continue reading
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