State Bar & Bar Associations
Apr. 12, 2014
Memo: State Bar trial counsel's office refusing to allow no contest pleas
The bar's trial counsel has improperly withheld no contest pleas in the settlement of bar disciplinary matters, opening up clients to civil liabilities and costly trial proceedings, according to a pair of discipline defense attorneys.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A recent memo to the State Bar prosecutor's office alleges that the Office of Chief Trial Counsel is refusing to allow no contest pleas for lawyers in trouble, contrary to the bar rules and legislation.
The bar's trial counsel has improperly withheld no contest pleas in the settlement of bar disciplinary matters, opening up clients to heavy civil liabilities and costly trial proceedin...
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