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State Bar & Bar Associations

Aug. 22, 2012

In first, legislator names lawyer to State Bar board

In a first step toward changing how lawyers go on the State Bar governing board, Speaker of the Assembly Luis A. Perez named municipal law attorney Michael G. Colantuono to a three-year term.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In an initial step toward changing how the State Bar chooses lawyers for its governing board, Speaker of the Assembly Luis A. Perez late Friday named municipal law attorney Michael G. Colantuono to a three-year term on the Board of Trustees.


The appointment marks the first time a member of the Legislature has placed a lawyer on the board. It's part of a series of changes enacted by legislat...

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