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State Bar & Bar Associations

Sep. 30, 2011

Trial bar groups split on joint fees

In the wake of recent political and legal setbacks, some have called for greater unity among the plaintiffs' bar, but efforts to promote joint membership among local, state and national trial lawyer groups have stalled.


By Ciaran McEvoy


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LAS VEGAS - Hundreds of Los Angeles plaintiffs' lawyers piled into a convention hall at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino earlier this month for a town hall luncheon, part of their annual conference on the Strip.


A sober break from the cocktail parties, hobnobbing and networking, their box lunch came with a stark message delivered by two presidents of state and national trial lawyer political lobb...

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