State Auditor: Weak Cal Bar Policies Limit Protection for Public

Written By Edward Lyman

SACRAMENTO—California's Acting State Auditor, Michael Tilden reported to Governor Newsom that the California State Bar prematurely closes cases against attorneys who are accused of misconduct. Key takeaways from the report include:

  • Failure to adequately investigate attorneys despite lengthy patterns of complaints

  • Dismissal of 165 complaints against one attorney

  • Failure to consistently identify conflicts of interest between State Bar staff members and the attorneys they investigate

Tilden recommended the State Bar "make significant improvements to the safeguards that help ensure its staff conduct thorough investigations[.]”

Edward Lyman
Previous

SCOTUS Petition: Does Rooker-Feldman's extrinsic fraud exception apply to judicial corruption carried about state judicial officers
Next

Federal jury convicts ex-husband for hiding assets in divorce