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State Bar & Bar Associations

Feb. 28, 2015

State Bar committee votes to abandon unit that targets nonattorneys

A State Bar committee voted Thursday to recommend to drop the agency's investigative unit that pursues nonattorneys who practice law, with an emphasis on those who target immigrants.


By Saul Sugarman


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A State Bar committee voted Thursday to recommend dropping the agency's investigative unit that pursues nonattorneys who practice law, especially those who target immigrants.


In discussion before the vote, which was unanimous, Chief Trial Counsel Jayne Kim said the move makes sense because concerns that formed the unit "didn't pan out." Specifically, a pair of bills that would have ...

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