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Check Disciplinary History Before Retaining a Criminal Defense Attorney

By Walin & Klarich

Anyone who is seeking legal representation for their California criminal defense matters wants to have a very qualified lawyer fighting for them. One way the State Bar of California is trying to help consumers in making an informed decision is their recent decision to post ?online? all prior attorney disciplinary history on the State Bar of California website. What this means to the consumer looking for the most qualified lawyer to help them in their case is that you will now be able to see both completed disciplinary cases as well as ?active pending? matters that a lawyer is facing with the State Bar. Criminal defense lawyers can be disciplined for many reasons. They can be found to have acted incompetently in a prior case. They can be found to have unfairly taken advantage of a client or clients in prior cases...continue to full post

Full post as published by Southern California Criminal Defense Blog on August 08, 2008 (boomark / email).