California lawmakers Wednesday agreed to set the 2024 fee for active attorneys at $390 and inactive attorneys at $97.50 in a yearly effort to corral the self-funded State Bar and the 289,000 attorneys licensed by the mandatory membership agency.
The conduct of California lawyers, from disbarred attorney Thomas Girardi to indicted law professor John Eastman, heavily influenced this year’s annual State Bar fee bill. It’s the vehicle that lawmakers use to assert control over the agency that’s trying to rehabilitate its reputation.
The bill (SB 40), which passed the Assembly on a 46-11 vote on Tuesday, and the ...
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