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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jan. 23, 2016

Former State Bar employee files claim over dismissal

Thomas Layton alleges he was wrongfully terminated for filing grievances and unfair practice charges against the bar.

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A longtime State Bar employee has filed a formal government claim against the agency alleging he was wrongfully terminated for filing grievances and unfair practice charges, as well as for his close ties to former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn.

Thomas Layton, who served as a bar investigator and later a public information officer under Dunn, is seeking reinstatement to ...

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