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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Apr. 19, 2014

State Bar Court again rejects disbarred ex-judge's bid for reinstatement

A Detroit judge kicked off the bench for taking bribes lost his second attempt to regain the right to practice in California. Leon Jenkins also is the president of the LA NAACP chapter.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A former Detroit judge kicked off the bench for bribery and other violations has lost his second attempt to be reinstated to practice in California.


Despite extensive community involvement, including serving as the current president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Leon Jenkins "has continued to engage in acts of dishonesty,"...

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