The number of calls and correspondence concerning lawyer discipline that find their way to my small office is ever increasing with each passing day. Clearly, the financial inability of the State Bar to undertake new discipline matters is escalating into a terrible problem. With the current standoff in the legislature, the problem is, in fact,…

As my term comes to an end, I thought I would share in my last president’s column some thoughts and insights from the past year. It was a little over a year ago–July 26, 1997, to be exact–that I was elected president of the State Bar. It was the culmination of what most agreed to…