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Law Practice

Jul. 9, 2009

Recession Chips at Bar Membership

Bar association officials, including Marc Staenberg of the Beverly Hills Bar Association, say they're struggling to keep membership numbers up as the economy takes its toll on law firms.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Even with the nation's economy in a tailspin last October, Marc Staenberg was unprepared for how bad things got at the Beverly Hills Bar Association, where he serves as executive director.

Several weeks after the dues deadline, membership had dropped by as much as 35 percent from the year before. The group experienced a deficit for the first time in five years, and attendance in some of the group's progr...

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