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Discipline

Apr. 3, 2015

Disciplinary Actions

Of a dozen lawyers disbarred recently by order of the state Supreme Court, more than half lost their license primarily for not responding appropriately or timely when the State Bar filed formal discipline charges against them.


Of a dozen lawyers disbarred recently by order of the state Supreme Court, more than half lost their license primarily for not responding appropriately or timely when the State Bar filed formal discipline charges against them.


As discipline defense attorneys regularly remind their clients, not responding to charges is a disciplinary offense itself and can lead to being disbarred - even when the underlying violation is relatively minor. For instance, one lawyer di...

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