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Perspective

Jul. 7, 2016

Letter to the editor: Fixing the State Bar

California Assemblymembers David Chiu and Don Wagner rightly address ["Fed up with the State Bar," June 27] the schizophrenic nature of our current "unified" State Bar. By John K. Haggerty

California Assemblymembers David Chiu and Don Wagner rightly address ["Fed up with the State Bar," June 27] the schizophrenic nature of our current "unified" State Bar wherein the public expects it to be a governmental regulatory/disciplinary agency that punishes attorneys but members of the State Bar (i.e., attorneys) expect it to advance the interests of their profession especially since there is no other statewide organization that represents their ...

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