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State Bar & Bar Associations

Feb. 26, 2009

State Bar Board of Governors to Consider Rules Significantly Toughening Discipline System

Life could get much tougher for attorneys who cross the State Bar.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Life could get much tougher for attorneys who cross the State Bar.

At its March 6 meeting, the State Bar Board of Governors is expected to vote on two controversial proposals affecting attorneys who come before the Bar's discipline system. One would allow for permanent disbarment in egregious cases. The other deals with attorneys who wish to resign with disciplinary charges pending agains...

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