Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Nov. 14, 2011
How a case moves from investigation to discipline at the State Bar
There are four categories of events that will cause problems with the State Bar.
Stephen J. Strauss
Diane L. Karpman
Phone: (310) 887-3900
Email: karpethics@aol.com
Diane is a legal ethics expert (expert witness and State Bar defense), she is a certified specialist in legal malpractice.
FIRST IN A THREE-PART SERIES
The basis of all State Bar power began in 1927 when the Legislature enacted the State Bar Act, also known as Business and Professions Code Section 6000 et seq. Although the state Supreme Court retains the inherent power to admit and discipline attorneys (California Constitution Article VI, Section 1), the State Bar Act empowers the State Bar to recommend to the Supreme Court that an attorney be suspended or disbarred for violations of the Rules...
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