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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jun. 18, 2016

Lawmaker blasts State Bar over PR hire

Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, said Thursday that the bar's creation of a new communications position reflected an ongoing pattern of misplaced spending priorities.

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

The State Bar's hiring of a public relations professional at a salary of $177,000 has drawn the ire of a state lawmaker who helped lead legislative efforts to reform the embattled agency.

Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, said Thursday that the bar's creation of a new communications position reflected an ongoing pattern of misplaced spending priorities.

"The S...

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