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Jul. 17, 2017

State Bar elects new president amid union protest

Current President James Fox broke a 7-7 tie after three ballots in favor of Michael G. Colantuono, a municipal law expert who will be sworn in this fall.

State Bar elects new president amid union protest
From left, newly elected State Bar officers Todd Stevens as treasurer, Michael Colantuono as president and Jason Lee as vice president.

LOS ANGELES — While State Bar employees demonstrated outside, board members inside deadlocked through three ballots to determine the agency’s next president.

Current President James Fox, who implored the union presidents to quiet down their members after they entered the boardroom, then broke the 7-7 tie in favor of municipal law expert Michael G. Colantuono. He bested Vice President Danette Meyers, a Los Angeles county deputy distri...

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