by Megan Zavieh | Jul 17, 2012 | Blog, California State Bar Defense
I was working on a state court complaint the other day for abuse of process against an attorney and his client. With full knowledge of all relevant facts, the attorney filed an unlawful detainer action based upon a three-day notice he had rescinded in a writing to...
by Megan Zavieh | Jun 14, 2012 | Blog, California State Bar Defense
A State Bar complaint typically does not come out of left field. Looking objectively at your work history, there are usually signs of distress leading up to the filing of a complaint by a disgruntled client. I would bet that most attorneys facing disciplinary...
by Megan Zavieh | Jun 8, 2012 | Blog, California State Bar Defense
I saw this quote today and immediately thought of my work as a State Bar defense attorney. Litigation always involves looking backward, and I think that is part of why it’s exhausting for the litigants. We are so much better off moving forward in all aspects...
by Megan Zavieh | Jun 7, 2012 | Blog, California State Bar Defense
Every year thousands of attorneys find themselves the subject of a State Bar complaint. While the Bar does not publish statistics on the basis of these complaints, it’s clear from reading the ultimate discipline reports that a great many of these complaints...
by Megan Zavieh | Jun 6, 2012 | Blog, California State Bar Defense
I was discussing with another attorney the idea that lawyers do not act in the disciplinary process the way they would advise their own clients to act. Just as doctors come in from their smoke break and tell their patients to stop smoking, we lawyers often have a...
by Megan Zavieh | Jun 1, 2012 | Blog, California State Bar Defense
The California Bar recently released its annual report on the discipline system covering the calendar year 2011. It is chock-full of statistics on case load, back log, resolution times, etc., but what really interested me was the sheer volume of complaints that...
