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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Apr. 6, 2013

Del Norte DA should be disbarred, State Bar judge rules

A State Bar judge has recommended disbarment of Del Norte County District Attorney Jon M. Alexander after the first-ever trial against a seated top California county prosecutor.

By Saul Sugarman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - A State Bar judge has recommended disbarment of Del Norte County District Attorney Jon M. Alexander after the first-ever trial against a seated top California county prosecutor.

The decision was filed Thursday by State Bar Judge Lucy M. Armendariz. It is now up to Alexander's defense attorney, San Francisco-based Kurt W. Melchior of Nossaman LLP, to appeal the ruling to a three-judge panel within the State B...

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