State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Sep. 21, 2020
State Bar review department isn’t afraid to reverse the hearing department
It is always worth considering appealing from a decision of the hearing department of the State Bar Court.
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.
It is always worth considering appealing from a decision of the hearing department of the State Bar Court. The appellate division (which is known as the review department) possesses tremendous leeway to reverse the hearing department and the demonstrated willingness to do so. Case in point: in its recent published case, In re Matter of Bret Saxon, the review department reversed the hearing department's seemingly stra...
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