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State Bar & Bar Associations

Mar. 10, 2009

Bar Passes Measures That Tighten Up Attorney Discipline

The State Bar’s Board of Governors resoundingly approved on Friday two much-discussed measures that would narrow options for attorneys facing discipline.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - The State Bar's Board of Governors resoundingly approved on Friday two much-discussed measures that would narrow options for attorneys facing discipline.

The board had previously voted on both proposals - one that would allow for permanent disbarment in egregious cases and the other affecting attorneys who wish to resign with charges pending against them.

But the state Supreme Co...

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