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Mar. 5, 2025

Navigating the State Bar complaint process from start to finish

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James I. Ham

Founder
Law Office of James I. Ham

James I. Ham serves as outside California legal ethics and attorney regulation counsel, and is founder of the Law Office of James I. Ham.

Navigating the State Bar complaint process from start to finish

Unlike many states, California has a court-based system for adjudicating attorney discipline cases, with a dedicated staff of prosecutors (the Office of Chief Trial Counsel or OCTC), a State Bar Court with full-time trial and appellate judges, court forms, and mature rules of practice and procedure.

How does the process work? An investigation begins when a complaint is filed against an attorney with the State Bar. The complaint may come from a disgruntled client, an opposing party...

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