Law Practice
Dec. 12, 2024
Is law requiring pro bono reports to State Bar hardship for small firms?
The reporting mandate takes effect in 2026, though the State Bar will ask lawyers to provide their 2024 pro bono totals as part of the 2025 fee billing cycle.
When Michael D. Mortenson and Craig A. Taggart launched the Irvine business litigation boutique now named Mortenson Taggart Adams LLP in 2019, they faced an immediate challenge: A trial was set to begin in a fraud and adult financial abuse case in which one of their founding associates had long represented the plaintiff pro bono.
A newborn firm performing major unpaid litigation is an extreme example of the conflict that can plague lawyers torn by the need for an income and the de...
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