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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jun. 12, 2009

Bar Leaders Say Chief Counsel Ouster Not Political

With some critics slamming the State Bar for not reappointing its chief trial counsel last week, bar officials commented late Wednesday for the first time about their decision - if only to say his ouster was not politically motivated.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - With some critics slamming the State Bar for not reappointing its chief trial counsel last week, bar officials commented late Wednesday for the first time about their decision - if only to say his ouster was not politically motivated.

Scott Drexel had been with the State Bar for more than 30 years and had led its attorney discipline unit for the past four years. He left his job Wednesday ...

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