State Bar & Bar Associations
Nov. 27, 2020
Changes to bar discipline aims to aid sole practitioners
Joanna Mendoza, a Sacramento sole practitioner and a former bar trustee, said bar discipline has for years been more harsh on sole practitioners who don't have the resources of a large firm.
With the State Bar launching an ad hoc commission to improve the attorney discipline system, legal ethics experts hope that sole practitioners will get more resources.
Joanna Mendoza, a Sacramento sole practitioner and a former bar trustee, said bar discipline has for years been more harsh on sole practitioners who don't have the resources of a large firm.
"Things like not handling the client trust...
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