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Administrative/Regulatory

Jun. 24, 2015

After audit, State Bar defends dues, backlog

Contrary to findings in a new audit, the State Bar doesn't have excess money, dues aren't too high and the discipline backlog isn't really growing, trustees hear. But leaders vow to implement the audit's 15 recommendations.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


State Bar leaders Monday disputed findings in a new state audit that the bar charges
lawyers too much in annual dues and that it has allowed its backlog of discipline
cases to grow.


In a 2-hour meeting, the bar's Board of Trustees vowed to act on all 15 recommendations
made by the State Auditor to improve th...

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