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Letters,
Law Practice,
State Bar & Bar Associations

Apr. 19, 2013

Why should lawyers pay for nonlawyers?

It boggles my mind to consider the ramifications of licensing nonlawyers.

Sheldon Sloan

Lewis, Birsbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

Sheldon is past president of the State Bar of California.

It boggles my mind to consider the ramifications of licensing nonlawyers. ["State Bar begins on path to nonlawyer licensing," April 11]. The vast majority of our dues go toward disciplining lawyers who step out of line. After years of delayed discipline, there is finally a reasonable time for imposition of penalties.

Now, in an era of limited economic resources, it is proposed...

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