Ethics

Story here.  Scott Drexel, the state bar's top prosecutor, will not be re-appointed.  Rumors are swirling and it's hard to get a handle on what drove the decision.  Everyone agrees that Drexel implemented more aggressive policies, that his office prosecuted a high-profile discipline case against a prosecutor (a relatively rare event), and that the discipline defense bar has complained about a loss of common sense and proportion among state bar prosecutors.  To me, the most illuminating paragraph in the story was this seemingly low-key quote from Jerry Fishkin, himself a former state bar prosecutor: 

Jerome Fishkin, a partner with Walnut Creek's Fishkin & Slatter who represents attorneys facing discipline charges and has clashed with State Bar prosecutors in the past, said he hopes that "the next chief trial counsel follows more sensible policies than Scott did."