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6 Oct 2017, 10:21 am
A misdemeanor conviction for resisting or obstructing a police officer drew a private reproval by the California State Bar Court Hearing Department. [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 5:59 am
California students are more able than students in other states but fail the bar at higher rates, because California's cut score (144, or in California's scoring 1440, simply 10x) is higher than most other jurisdictions.Driven by concerns expressed by the deans of California law school, and at the direction of the California Supreme Court, the State Bar began to investigate whether the cut score was… [read post]
1 Aug 2011, 9:38 am
The August 2011 online edition of the California Bar Journal reports on proposed revisions of the ethics rules: The State Bar has submitted to the Supreme Court 67 proposed new Rules of Professional Conduct that offer a behavioral roadmap for... [read post]
8 Aug 2018, 8:04 am
One aspect of the California Bar discipline process that has real teeth is the severe effect of a default, as reflected by a recent State Bar Court Hearing Department recommendation for disbarment Rule 5.85 provides the procedure to follow when... [read post]
6 Jul 2023, 4:06 pm
Today, the California Supreme Court decided that the Workers’ Compensation Act [WCA] did not bar a derivative claim. [read post]
2 Feb 2023, 5:01 am
District Court for the Central District of California, who ruled that Eastman had “more likely than not” conspired illegally with Trump to obstruct Congress. [read post]
23 Jan 2014, 2:58 pm
The California State Bar Court recommended a stayed suspension of six months with probation for one year in a matter involving two criminal defense attorneys who had violated a court order of witness sequestration: Stalcup and Dobbins met with the... [read post]
3 Jul 2018, 9:14 am
The California State Bar Court Hearing Department denied the reinstatement application of a petitioner convicted of murder in 1983 After carefully considering all of the evidence and arguments of the parties, this court concludes that Petitioner has not sustained a... [read post]
11 Jul 2017, 12:05 pm
The California State Bar Court Review Department recommends Darryl Wayne Genis was asked by a superior court judge four consecutive times, in part and collectively, whether he had touched, moved, or hid opposing counsel’s document during a trial recess. [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 6:12 am
My colleague Rob Anderson last night blogged about the strange turn in a recent report from the staff at the California State Bar. [read post]
24 Jun 2009, 5:18 am
An online law school graduate who sued the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts for the opportunity to take that state's bar examination is now a newly minted Massachusetts lawyer. [read post]
6 May 2014, 7:51 am
The Review Department of the California State Bar Court has recommended disbarment of a prosecutor This is Jon Michael Alexander’s fourth disciplinary matter. [read post]
12 Oct 2016, 10:45 am
The California State Bar Court Review Department has recommended disbarment in a case involving misappropriation Three men—David Benullo, David Goldstein, and David Klawans—retained Kaplan to represent them as their attorney in the sale of a movie script entitled Mucho Dinero... [read post]
19 Mar 2018, 1:36 pm
A published opinion of the California State Bar Court Review Department recommends disbarment for a criminal conviction On April 30, 2013, Jordan Tonya Louise Peters was driving under the influence of prescription drugs when, without braking, she rear-ended a car... [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 1:45 pm
A significant reason for the persistent and yawning justice gap is that state supreme courts and state bars have long limited who can provide legal services. [read post]
1 Nov 2017, 2:03 pm
The California State Bar Court Hearing Department rejected a number of alleged ethical violations but found enough to recommend disbarment of an attorney Respondent received $50,000 cash from his client on August 6, 2014, to be held for use in... [read post]
12 Jul 2017, 4:50 pm
The California State Bar Court has filed a stipulation of disbarment of an attorney convicted of indecent exposure for conduct in 2015 On the morning of June 2, 2015, at approximately 8:15 a.m., respondent used an open, and thus unobstructed,... [read post]
5 Mar 2017, 4:16 am
The California State Bar Court Hearing Department has imposed a stipulated public reproval of an attorney who pled no contest to charges of domestic battery and engaged in frivolous litigation against the victim. [read post]
20 Oct 2015, 4:40 am
The California State Bar Court Review Department declined to affirm the dismissal of ethics charges and remanded the case for further proceedings. [read post]
6 Jan 2023, 9:27 am
The California State Bar Court Review Department recommended a three-year suspension with credit for approximately 29 months served and fitness for a number of issues, primarily a driving while intoxicated offense. [read post]
