Opinion: Unethical lawyers should be reported
As in all professions — perhaps more than most — they must interact with their peers all of the time. They know each other’s fields of expertise, their strengths and weaknesses, and, yes, their reputations.
No one wants to work within a profession that encourages persnickety backbiting over trivial matters. In the wake of a Los Angeles Times investigation into the financial misdoings of the late Los Angeles trial attorney legend Tom Girardi, Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Orange, himself an attorney, introduced last month legislation that would require California lawyers to report misconduct.
So, while we certainly support the new bill mandating reporting of misconduct, clearly there has to be more oversight of the State Bar itself. Because the California Supreme Court oversees the bar, and it has dropped the ball as well. The outgoing chief justice of the court has now acknowledged its real failures, most egregiously when looking into the doings of rich and powerful lawyers in the state, and promises that will change.
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