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Law Practice,
State Bar & Bar Associations

Apr. 5, 2018

State Bar billing glitch hits thousands of attorneys

The agency said 3,000 lawyers were charged multiple times for annual fees due to a technical issue

State Bar billing glitch hits thousands of attorneys
Keiko Flanders

Vanessa Keiko Flanders went online to pay her $383 annual State Bar fee three days before a planned vacation to Mexico earlier this year, but she said an error message displayed after she hit submit.

The Los Angeles lawyer tried to make the payment again that night, but received no confirmation her efforts were successful. The next morning, Jan. 30, she awoke to emails from her bank indicating four payments to the bar had been made,...

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