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State Bar & Bar Associations

Mar. 30, 2016

Former bar employee files suit over dismissal

Thomas Layton alleges he was fired in part for his close ties to the former executive director.

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A former State Bar investigator filed a lawsuit against the agency alleging he was wrongfully fired last fall because of his ties to former Executive Director Joseph L. Dunn, as well as for filing a grievance and unfair practice charges.

Thomas Layton's complaint was filed Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court as litigation over Dunn's firing in 2014 is heating up before a...

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