State Bar & Bar Associations
Jan. 9, 2019
Bar may propose 30 percent fee hike plus more to balance budget
The State Bar is projecting an operating deficit for the third year in a row, and is proposing a 30 percent increase in attorney fees in 2020, from $315 to $415, to close the gap.
The State Bar is projecting a $15.3 million operating deficit this year — the third year the bar will outspend its revenue — and it may ask for a 30 percent increase in attorney fees in 2020, from $315 to $415, to close the gap.
The bar needs a $100 increase in the base licensing fee, a one-time $250 capital expense fee and an $82 one-time Client Security Fund fee from attorneys to balance its budget, though the exact fee increase pr...
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