State Bar & Bar Associations,
Government
May 5, 2021
Senate leader threatens to freeze bar fee over long-vacant position
“The State Bar has been in active recruitment for both the executive director and the chief trial counsel,” Interim Executive Director Donna S. Hershkowitz said in an email.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Thomas J. Umberg is threatening to withhold fees from the State Bar unless it fills its long vacant chief trial counsel position.
Umberg’s annual bar fee bill passed his committee without debate on Tuesday. As drafted, SB 211 would cap the base bar fee at $395 for an active license for the second straight year. It would also complete the 2018 divorce between the bar and the California Lawyers Asso...
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