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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jun. 28, 2016

Fed up with the State Bar

As a progressive San Francisco Democrat and a conservative Orange County Republican, we often disagree, but we do agree that the State Bar needs fundamental reform to protect the public from the liability that stems from gross mismanagement. By David Chiu and Don Wagner

David Sen-Fu Chiu

Office of the San Francisco City Attorney

1 Carlton B Goodlett Pl Ste 234
San Francisco , CA 94102-4682

Phone: (415) 554-4700

Fax: (415) 554-4715

Email: cityattorney@sfgov.org

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By David Chiu and Don Wagner

"The Bar has become lost, its ultimate message obscured. It is now part publisher, part real estate investor, part travel agent, part social critic, commingling its responsibilities and revenues in a manner which creates an almost constant appearance of impropriety."

Based on the recent coverage of the State Bar, you might think this was a recent quote. But this critique was leveled by Gov. Pete Wilson in 1997 wh...

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