Discipline
Jul. 29, 2011
Clearing backlog will be tough slog
Each of the state's 55 bar investigators will have to boost by 50 percent the number of cases closed or moved on to prosecutors - from about seven a month to 10, to clear a backlog of lawyer complaints by the end of the year.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Three weeks ago, the State Bar's executive director demanded that the agency's persistent backlog of discipline cases be eliminated - by year's end. That's 1,500-plus cases reduced to zero in less than six months.
To fulfill that daunting mandate, each of the state's 55 bar investigators will have to boost by 50 percent the number of cases he or she closes or moves on to pr...
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