By Cheryl Miller | November 23, 2022
Lawyers for the state bar are seeking depositions from two unnamed former employees about how past complaints against Tom Girardi were handled. Bar officials say the witnesses did not comply with subpoenas issued this summer.
By Cheryl Miller | November 18, 2022
One proposal would create a program allowing a small group of law school graduates to obtain licenses without passing the bar exam, a controversial idea that has divided another bar committee studying the idea.
By Cheryl Miller | November 17, 2022
Ruben Duran, chair of the state bar's board of trustees, said that in light of the prosecution and disbarment of Tom Girardi, it's time for the agency to revisit a rule that would require lawyers to report colleagues and judges who have committed misconduct.
By Cheryl Miller | November 15, 2022
State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland questioned the state bar's responsiveness to former executive director Joe Dunn's discovery requests.
By Cheryl Miller | November 14, 2022
The state bar continues to investigate claims that some test-takers were able to determine whether they had passed or failed on the bar's website before the official results were announced.
By Cheryl Miller | November 3, 2022
"There is no excuse being offered here; Girardi caused irreparable harm to hundreds of his clients, and the state bar could have done more to protect the public," Ruben Duran, chair of the state bar's board of trustees, said Thursday.
By Cheryl Miller | October 25, 2022
Lawyers will now have to identify the account numbers and banks where client funds are held under the rule changes, which follow the surfacing of complaints that Tom Girardi misappropriated client funds.
By Cheryl Miller | October 13, 2022
For the second time in two months, a committee charged with considering alternatives to California's notoriously difficult bar exam failed to reach…
By Cheryl Miller | September 27, 2022
The state bar said it's disclosing a probe of Mark Geragos and Brian Kabateck "for protection of the public." Geragos accused the bar of "deflecting" from recent legislative criticism of the agency's priorities.
By Cheryl Miller | September 19, 2022
Magistrate Judge Douglas McCormick will allow the plaintiffs to amend another claim before deciding the fate of the proposed class action.
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