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State Bar & Bar Associations

Mar. 14, 2007

State Bar Committee Stonewalls Increased Resignation Scrutiny

A California State Bar committee has rejected a proposed rule intended to increase scrutiny in cases where attorneys wish to resign with charges pending against them.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      A California State Bar committee has rejected a proposed rule intended to increase scrutiny in cases where attorneys wish to resign with charges pending against them.
      The rule, voted down by the State Bar's Regulation, Admissions and Discipline Oversight Committee, would have made the State Bar Court's review department responsible for reviewi...

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