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Law Practice

Apr. 12, 2013

State Bar begins on path to nonlawyer licensing

State Bar leaders on Thursday will begin exploring the idea of licensing nonlawyers to provide certain legal services to consumers, joining similar efforts underway in Washington and New York.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SANTA ANA - State Bar leaders on Thursday will begin exploring the idea of licensing nonlawyers to provide certain legal services to consumers, joining similar efforts underway in Washington and New York.


Some California lawyers already are nervous.


"I think there's a lot of mixed feelings about it," said Michael J. Kretzmer, a Beverly Hills attorney who is the secretary...

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