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Government

Jun. 25, 2014

State Bar board election procedure frustrates lawyers in state's outlying areas

As lawyers enter the final week of voting for open seats on the State Bar Board of Trustees, attorneys from many isolated regions are absent. Some say they can't compete under a change in the district boundaries.


By Katie Lucia


Daily Journal Staff Writer


RIVERSIDE - When plaintiffs' attorney James "Jim" O. Heiting was elected to lead the State Bar of California in 2005, lawyers here in his hometown were energized with pride. Heiting was the first Inland Empire lawyer to assume the prestigious role. Two years after legislation established a new governance system redrawing electoral district lines, among other things, the region's lawyers say the...

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