SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The former executive director of the State Bar Association of California has sued the group that certifies state lawyers, claiming he was fired after complaining of ethical ...

DALY CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- A rare consumer alert from the California Bar Association about an attorney accused of abandoning clients who hired him to fight their traffic fines. The Bar normally ...

Previously, as the only state not to adopt some version of the American Bar Association's Model Rule 8.3, California has now finally joined the rest of the nation. California's new Rule of ...

The State Bar of California Monday announced the appointment of the agency’s first-ever Public Trust Liaison. Enrique Zuniga will ensure the bar’s meaningful attention to the complaints of members of ...

In California, lawyers can have sex with their clients without facing disciplinary action. Under the current rules of the state's bar association — the largest such group in the country, according to ...

California bar leaders next week will consider a proposal to create a new pathway to law licensure that doesn't include the traditional bar exam, an idea gaining favor in the West but still facing ...

The California Bar Association urged victims of the recent wildfires in Los Angeles to take their time before hiring an attorney as advertisements promising significant compensation flood social media ...

Ditch those pens and Dictaphones! A colleague recently commented about how a former partner liked to joke, “I’ll break your hand if I catch you writing a brief by pen and paper!” Guess what his ...

Let’s put this in terms that even an attorney with peerless loophole-seeking skills would consider straightforward: the California State Bar is a mess. In recent years, the organization has been the ...

A bipartisan group of former public officials and lawyers are urging the California bar association to investigate a conservative lawyer who reportedly tried to convince then-Vice President Mike Pence ...