Public Trust Liaison Urges Consumers to Check CA Attorney Profiles Before Hiring
Board Approves 2024 Budget; Discusses 2025 Fee Increase Request Plans
State Bar Earns Gold DEI Leadership Seal Status
As this week marks National Consumer Protection Week (March 3-March 9), the State Bar of California’s Public Trust Liaison (PTL) Enrique Zuniga advises consumers to take one simple step to avoid becoming a victim of fraud: use the State Bar’s Look Up a Lawyer search feature before signing agreements with anyone offering legal services.
At a special meeting February 26, the State Bar of California Board of Trustees approved a 2024 budget that relies on last year’s building sale proceeds as a stopgap measure to stave off the impact of an ongoing structural deficit. The Board also reviewed and discussed plans for an April 1 set of reports to the Legislature that will articulate the State Bar’s needs for a fee increase in 2025.
Did you know? Under Rule 8.3, a lawyer must report when they know of credible evidence that another lawyer has committed a criminal act or engaged in dishonesty, fraud, deceit, reckless or intentional misrepresentation, or misappropriation of funds or property.
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