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Discipline

Jul. 27, 2012

Discipline defense attorneys oppose 'claw back' of cases

Defense lawyers are challenging the State Bar's request to back out of two dozen discipline plea bargains previously agreed to by the bar and approved by the State Bar Court.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Defense lawyers are challenging the State Bar's request to back out of two dozen discipline plea bargains previously agreed to by the bar and approved by the State Bar Court.


In pleadings filed this week with the state Supreme Court, defense attorney Samuel C. Bellicini argued that "permitting the State Bar to claw back stipulations in this manner would erode confidence in the State Ba...

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