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Government

Jan. 5, 2013

State Bar's backlog of discipline cases remains near zero

A year after the State Bar largely eliminated its backlog of attorney discipline cases, the number of aging cases is still near zero, officials announced.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A year after the State Bar largely eliminated its backlog of attorney discipline cases, the number of aging cases is still near zero, bar officials have announced.


Just five complaints more than 6 months old were being investigated in the bar prosecution office at the end of 2012, according to Chief Trial Counsel Jayne Kim. Another 232 older cases were fully investigated but still needed formal...

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