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State Bar & Bar Associations

Mar. 22, 2017

State Bar prevails in former executive director's lawsuit

Arbitrator rules against former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn's whistleblower retaliation and breach of contract claims.

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The State Bar prevailed in its fierce legal battle with former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn that engulfed the agency for more than two years.

In a 30-page ruling issued Monday, JAMS arbitrator Edward A. Infante rejected Dunn's claim that his 2014 firing was retaliation for his blowing the whistle about the removal of cases from the bar's backlog of disciplinary complaints, among other alle...

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