This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Law Practice

Nov. 25, 2008

State Bar Reconsiders Online Referral Service

"It's not a 100 percent dream victory but it's pretty good," said James Donato, president of the San Francisco Bar Association, who had opposed the State Bar's plan for an online lawyer referral service.

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The State Bar has decided to consider changes to its planned online attorney referral service that appear to be aimed, at least partly, on assuaging complaints from local bar associations.

At its meeting Friday, following a chaotic back-and-forth, the agency's Board of Governors voted 16-4 in favor of sending "Find a Lawyer," a proposed online, searchable attorney directory, back to a task force...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up