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Permanent disbarment for second time around, even in egregious cases, being considered

By Richard Binder

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With an eye toward cracking down on bad lawyers, California State Bar officials two years ago recommended that certain offenses, such as fraud and stealing clients' funds, should be grounds for a new, permanent disbarment.

But that didn't go over well with the California Supreme Court, which after reviewing the idea met with State Bar officials last month and told them to limit lifetime banishment to the worst of the worst.

So on Thursday, the State Bar Board of Governors' Committee on Regulation, Admissions and Discipline Oversight will take a look at a scaled-down proposal that would permit permanent disbarment for lawyers only if they're disbarred for a second time.

Read the full Recorder article.

Full post as published by Legal Pad | LA on November 19, 2008 (boomark / email).

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