State Bar & Bar Associations
Jul. 29, 2011
Claims up for State Bar reimbursements
Honest lawyers in California could soon be called upon to pay more for the transgressions of their crooked peers, thanks to increasing reimbursement claims made by victims of legal scams.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Honest lawyers in California could soon be called upon to pay more for the transgressions of their crooked peers.
Attorneys in California already pay $40 a year into the State Bar's client security fund, which is used to refund legal fees to victims of dishonest lawyers. That assessment could rise if the unusually high number of reimbursement claims the agency has seen in recent years continues, Sta...
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