Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Mar. 11, 2015
State Bar looking into attorney's anti-gay ballot initiative
An initiative mandating the execution of gays and lesbians is being reviewed by the state Attorney General's office and has activists pushing the State Bar to expel the author, an Orange County-based attorney.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The State Bar is still determining how it will address an inflammatory ballot proposal drafted by Huntington Beach attorney Matthew Gregory McLaughlin that calls for the execution of gays, but some legal experts say punitive action is unlikely.
Hundreds of activists have called for McLaughlin to be disbarred and State Bar officials said they're weighing the feasibility of an investigation into Mc...
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