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Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Feb. 24, 2020
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Any allegation of professional misconduct by the State Bar prosecutor’s office is cause for serious concern for an attorney. But an allegation that an attorney has violated Business and Professions Code Section 6106 is a professional problem of the highest order of magnitude.
Jennifer Teaford
Of Counsel
California Appellate Law Group LLP
96 Jessie St
San Francisco , CA 94105
Email: jennifer.teaford@calapplaw.com
Jennifer Teaford previously served as a senior attorney and then as assistant chief court counsel in the appellate division of the State Bar Court of California. She currently handles State Bar Court and other appeals with the California Appellate Law Group LLP, an appellate boutique with offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Find out more about Jennifer and the California Appellate Law Group LLP at www.calapplaw.com. Appellate Zealots is a monthly column on recent appellate decisions and appellate issues written by the attorneys of the California Appellate Law Group LLP.
Any allegation of professional misconduct by the State Bar prosecutor’s office is cause for serious concern for an attorney. But an allegation that an attorney has violated Business and Professions Code Section 6106 is a professional problem of the highest order of magnitude.
Commonly referred to by the shorthand “moral turpitude,” Section 6106 makes the “commission of any act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption, whe...
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