Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Apr. 18, 2024
Testy exchanges erupt in discipline trial of Joe Dunn
The trial has been ongoing, with the sides discussing wrapping up by Thursday.
For a second day, the discipline trial of former State Bar Executive Director Joe Dunn featured testy exchanges between his attorney, Mark J. Geragos, and State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland.
Geragos called several character witnesses to testify on Dunn’s behalf, including UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky. But the bar’s attorneys repeatedly pointed out these witnesses had no actual knowledge of the alleged actions that led...