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State Bar & Bar Associations

Dec. 2, 2004

State Bar's Application of Moral Turpitude Deserves Close Scrutiny

Forum Colum - By David Cameron Carr - In the world of attorney discipline, you can't do worse than the Big M. The Big M - moral turpitude. The Rules of Professional Conduct, the State Bar Act and the disciplinary case law state many duties that attorneys are required to discharge. They also state many behaviors that lawyers are prohibited from engaging in.

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By David Cameron Carr
        
        In the world of attorney discipline, you can't do worse than the Big M.
        The Big M - moral turpitude.
        The Rul...

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