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Discipline

Sep. 8, 2006

'The People's Lawyer' Quits California Bar

SAN FRANCISCO - An Oakland attorney and politician whose advertisements proclaiming himself the 'People's Lawyer' became a staple of late-night TV, has given up his right to practice law after facing disciplinary charges.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN FRANCISCO - An Oakland attorney and politician whose advertisements proclaiming himself the 'People's Lawyer' became a staple of late-night TV, has given up his right to practice law after facing disciplinary charges.
      James M. Rogers, a former Contra Costa County supervisor now on the Richmond City Council, turned in his bar ca...

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