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Discipline

Jun. 30, 2012

Discipline attorneys want more answers on rejected settlements

Days after the state Supreme Court rejected two dozen attorney-discipline plea bargains, State Bar prosecutors and defense counsel are still trying to figure out why.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Days after the state Supreme Court rejected two dozen attorney-discipline plea bargains, State Bar prosecutors and defense counsel are still trying to figure out why.


In a nearly unprecedented action late last week, the Supreme Court remanded 24 cases in which the bar and the accused lawyer had agreed on the level of discipline the lawyer should receive.


The court order said only, &qu...

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