Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
State Bar & Bar Associations
Dec. 6, 2014
Reinvent the State Bar of California
If history is any guide, these are times that could try the soul of the State Bar.
Teresa J. Schmid
Director
American Bar Association Center for Professional Responsibility
Email: teresa.schmid@schmidwatsonlaw.com
Teresa is a professional responsibility attorney and consultant in management and public policy. A former executive director for the State Bar of Arizona and the Oregon State Bar, and former assistant chief trial counsel for the State Bar of California, she is the secretary for the Professional Responsibility and Ethics Committee for the Los Angeles County Bar Association. The views expressed are her own.
On Nov. 13, the State Bar of California's Board of Trustees announced the sudden departure of its executive director, former state Sen. Joe Dunn. The scope of the State Bar's challenges going forward could be inferred from Dunn's lawsuit against the bar, filed the same day, and from the board's Nov. 15 responsive statement. Chief Trial Counsel Jayne Kim and Deputy Executive Director (now Acting Executive Director) Robert Hawley were identified as whistleblowers against Dunn, who, in tur...
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