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Taxpayer advocate Richard Fine faces disbarment

By Jason Siegel

Tarzana attorney Richard Fine is charged with moral turpitude with a recommendation by California State Bar Court Judge Richard Honn that Fine be disbarred, the Los Angeles Daily News reports (here).

Honn alleges in state bar documents that Fine "filed meritless lawsuits" to retaliate against judges who ruled against him. Fine alleged L.A. Superior Court judges hadn't disclosed the nearly $40,000 paid to them annually by the county, on top of their salary, in cases where the county was a party.

Fine argued his case at state Supreme Court, who haven't ruled yet.

Fine told the Daily News that the state bar began action against him because he filed cases against judges - rather than his earlier cases against the state legislature and governor. According to the newspaper, "legal observers say the case against Fine is unusual." What do you think?

The state Court of Appeal in San Diego will hear oral arguments in February in a lawsuit, filed by Judicial Watch alleging the nearly $40,000 given by the county to judges as a extra benefit are a gift and waste of public funds.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on January 31, 2008 (boomark / email).