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State Bar & Bar Associations

Feb. 4, 2017

State Bar trustee says Dunn was terminated 'without cause'

Trustee Michael Colantuono said other board members did not agree with his recollection and ultimately approved meeting minutes saying Joseph L. Dunn was fired as executive director pursuant to the "with or without" cause provision of his contract.

By Lyle Moran Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - State Bar Trustee Michael Colantuono testified Thursday that he remembered the agency's board approving the firing of former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn "without cause" if he did not agree to resign.

The draft meeting minutes containing the "without cause" language from Colantuono - who said he was assigned to take and draft the notes - were not presented to the full board before i...

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