Letters,
Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Dec. 11, 2012
State Bar action bolsters public perception
Prohibiting legitimate discovery into discipline actions tends to increase the public perception that the State Bar is impenetrable and lacks transparency of its operations.
Samuel C. Bellicini
Email: sam@statebaradvice.com
Samuel is an experienced California ethics and professional responsibility attorney in Marin County, servicing the Bay Area and the entire state of California.
Regarding the State Bar case against Del Norte County District Attorney Jon M. Alexander ["State Bar Review Panel Denies DA Request to Introduce Evidence That Agency Is Targeting Him," Dec. 6], I am a recovering attorney myself, and I am a member of The Other Bar. Please see Matter of Bellicini, 4 Cal State Bar Ct Rptr 883 (2006). I have been clean and sober for 11 years.
I disagree with the review department's decision. I believe that a respondent attorney is entitled to ...
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