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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co .) San Diego Union (Cir. D. 217,089) (Cir. S. 341,840) SEP 2 1988

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San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Evening Tribune (Cir. D. 123,064) SEP 9 1988

Los Angeles,CA (Los Angeles Co.) Times (San Diego Ed.) (Cir. D. 50,010) (Cir. S. 55,573)

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said, and because of restrictions on the Bar's discipline power, he esti- mated that "well over 1,000 attor- neys who may deserve disbarment or substantial discipline ... remain in unfettered practice" of law. State Bar President Terry Anderli- ni yesterday protested Fellmeth's conclusions about the backlog of in- vestigations, and said the pile-up was expected when the sorting of un- He praised the state's attorneys who have rallied to improve their discipl,ne system, saying dozens of local Bar associations backed the re- cent legislation, raising active law- y_ers' $275 annua) dues ?Y. $14~ t_o f~ance next years $30 m1lhon d1sc 1- "That should do it." Anderlini said. "It is going to be the most expensive, sophisticated discipline system in the country" In his report, Fellmeth also recom- mended for the first time State Bar action on malpractice claims, billing practices, continuing education and substance abuse programs that af- fect the discipline system. Fellmeth said safeguards in these areas were necessary to protect the public and to reduce charges of was improved. pline program.

?ations "ra?ical," b_ut said they were important in tackling the problems of misconduct and punishment. Mandatory malpractice insurance and required continuing education both have been heavily debated by the state's lawyers, and although the State Bar, a mandatory organization that includes more than 100,000 at- torneys, has policies in those areas, they fall short of Fellmeth's recom- Fellmeth, who is a professor at the Uu_iversity of Sao DiegoL!!lentioned these areas in his first report in June 1987, but he made no firm sugges- tions. In his third installment, re- leased yesterday, he suggested: • Malpractice insurance be man- datory or that the state Bar's Client Security Fund be expanded to cover unpaid malpractice judgments until • Continuing education include testing and retesting and that prac- ticed specialties be licensed. • Aggressive drug and alcohol abuse programs be expanded. • Fee agreements be regulated and billing practices modified to in- clude disclosure to consumers, pro- fessional conduct rules and / aw school preparation. • they are repaid.

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/ Th county's per onnel office has trimmed the field to about half 11 dozen candidates for the job of pubhc defender, in charge of legal d .fensc of criminally accused poor people "We have several people undl'r consid ration, said Janet Ir- vin . The names will go to the supervi ors next we k when they return from vacation. They'll ACreen the candidate and are ex- pected to sel ct the pub! ic defender ..- in the second w k of September. No scr •ning h118 begun yet on choosing a conflicts administrator. Th t could be done by Christmas, Irvin, aid Meanwhile, the coun- ty, the Bar, SD Law Center and local Judg continue discussing juHt how the conflicts udministator offic •will Ix· et up, likely hrough

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The chief critic of the state's em- battled attorney discipline system said yesterday that the State Bar of California had made progress in cur- ing onerous problems, but that some of its reforms had triggered a dra- matic increase in legitimate, pending ca es of wrongdoing by lawyers. Robert C. Fellmeth, the state's at- torney discipline monitor, credited the State Bar for its support of two bills - currently on the governor's desk for signature - that will pro- vide the money and the power to make California's system "the model in the nation." He also said, however, that an en- hanced process of screening com- plaints had resulted in unprecedent- ed numbers of serious cases. "It 1s fair to conclude that the backlog of serious cases requiring hearing and deserving discipline is t higher now than it has ever been and I is growing larger," Fellmeth wrote in a report to the state Legislature

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University of San Diego men's tennts' 'Cm!C?rEa-Collins has been selected as one of 16 recipients oC the 1988 'Volvo Tennis/Coach community service awards. - Colltns, who is entering his 11th eason as the Toreros' head coach will be flown to New York for cerem~ny honoring all 16 coaches. A native of San Diego, Collins began coaching in 1968 at Monte Vista High School.

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come back. It's good and it's bad. We lose somebody who went through last year and would have come back with experience. But we need guys "".ho are going to come out here and enJ~Y what they're doing and get after 1t. Sayers could not be reached for comment.

U_fill~etball coach Hank Egan arfnounced yesterday that 6-foot-7 sophomore forward John Sayers will not return to the Toreros for the 1988-89 season. Egan said Sayers has left USO and will probably attend a school nearer to his home in San Jose. Sayers has not yet selected a new college, ac- cording to Egan. Sayers started 22 of the Toreros' 28 games last season, averaging 6.8 points and 4.1 re- bounds. "Afler the season, he felt like he wasn't sure if he wanted to stay," said Egan. "He stayed in San Diego over the summer to work and stay in shape. He went home and visited his parents and still had some concerns. John just hadn't resolved in his mind if this is what he wanted to do. •·we mutually decided that to play Division I basketball and attend school at USO that he should have a commitment. If he couldn't make that commitment, then he shouldn't come back. John has decided not to

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1£ those cases are added to those already in the investigations office and being prosecuted in the bar's trial counsel office, "you've got as many cases as they've ever had," he said. "That's why a monitor is needed, to find these things," Fellmeth said, adding that even m bersofthebar'sBoardofGovero were surpnsed to learn of this newbacklog when he told them about it three weeks ago. Mandatory Malpractice Insurance In his report, Fellmeth also urged the bar to take stron er steps to prevent disciplinary sit- uations from occurring. He said the bar should either implement mandatory malpractice in- surance or amend the bar's client security fund so it will pay for acts of malpractice, not just theft by a lawyer. The lawyer should then be forced to reim- burse the bar, the monitor said. Fellmeth also recommended more extensive continuing legal education, an aggressive alco- hol and drug abuse programand clearer billing statements to avoid overbilling of clients. Fellmeth also took an official stand on a bar proposal to permit laypersons to do some forms of legal wock, such as giving legal ad- vice, filling out forms and making court ap- pearances. Fellmeth said he agreed with the special bar committee that put forth the pro- posal that there needs to be better delivery of legal services, but he said that instead ofjust registration for the lay "legal technicians," there should be licensing.

F.•~r._ 1!_!!8~58~_:____________ _ Anderlini ]?raises Bar, ~ onitor's Report State B pr:sidJtrt Teny derlini said late ago when Fellme~ issued his first, highly criti- Thursdaytllat he welcomes the latest progress cal rJ!port. They mcluded: report from bar monitor Robert Fellmeth. • Improved public outreach. . Noting that the state Legislature has just • Entering complaints and tracking cases passed a dues and discipline reform bill~ckl;d by computer. . by both the bar and Fellmeth, Anderlini ~d Assigning experienced attorneys to mves- the funds needed to implef!lent a re~tructuring tig;ltions department to review and route of the discipline syste~ will: be availa?le once comp! . ts. Gov. George DeukmeJian signs the bills. • Asiigning complaint analysts instead of Once the governor signs the bill, "the most investigator at the intake stage, massive administ:3tive :ff~Jfa ~tate age~ • Giving investigators better access to bar cy ever accomplis~e~ 10 .d=orrua...can I records outside the discipline unit, completed," Andcrlini sai . . • Creating a special channel to dete<:t un_eth· "Now the comprehensive p1!1"...can go for- icalorlncompetentbehaviorforinvestt_gattons ward and we can complete theJob ofm!X1~r:- 1,lunchedby the bar itself rather than triggered ing the nation's largest _att?rney disCJP l by a complaint, system," Anderhni said m a prepare . . I t b te d against tate e t • Penmttmg defau t o e en re . . lawyerswho fail to respond to formal disc1plin- s m n . . . .

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complaints are treated as "inquiries" rather than fuJl-fledged complaints and thus withheld from the investigations office for "preinvesti- gatlon," Fellmeth said. That has led to the creation of a backlog of 7,774 cases at the in-

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Di,:go la,YJ?.r.olessor Be1 nard Siegan and 15' / of his students are authors of a n'ct.ntly / publisht'd Justice Dcpartn1l nt. b_ook entitled "Bibliography ot Original Meaning of the L'. S. Constitution ." The pul~lirniionshould be valuable in

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San Diego, CA (San (?,ego Co.) Sa!1 Diego Union (C!r , D. 217,089) (Ci r. S. 341,840) SEP 2 1988

Los Angeles,CA (Los Angeles Co.) Times (San Diego Ed.) (Cir. D. 50,010) (Cir. S. 55,573) SEP 4

constitutional l1uga11on 1n volv1ng questions ofongmal meaning, Siegan said. For further information call 260-4~ draw firf ~Cf::, • •

San Diego, CA (San Diego Co.) Eve ning Tribune (Cir. D. 123,064)

Industry spending 10 drive for 2 measures, TV ads targeted By Michael Smolens Staff Writer SACRAMENTO - In a two- pronged attack, opponents of insur- ance industry-sponsored initiatives yesterday called on the state to re- quire premium reductions totaling $43 million and urged insurers not wage a misleading television cam- paign. Two consumer organizations an- nounced they have drafted a petition 0 seeking to refund the $43 million that the insurance industry plans to spend on behalf of two initiatives and against two others. Voters will have five automobile insurance-related initiatives to choose from on the Nov. 8 ballot, in- cluding two sponsored by the insur- ance industry. The consumer organizations - the University of San Diego's Center for Public Interest Lawand California Common Cause - may submit the petition as early as this morning to state Insurance Commissioner Rox- ant Gillespie, according to Robert Fellmeth, director of the Center for Public Interest Law. The organizations argue that the political endeavor. ef the insurance industry should b financed out of stockholder profits, not consumers who by law must buy insurance. "We're talking about where the money can come from, not wh:ither they can spend it or not," Fellmeth said. He said that the insurance indus- try, which is exempt from anti-trust laws, should be subject to similar regulations facing private utilities, which can not use ratepayer fees for political purposes. However, both Fellmeth and Com- mon Cause Executive Director Wal- ter Zelman said that Gillespie holds a narrow view about her powers of regulation and, if history is any guide, she is not likely to grant th~ir request. · But Zelman said he hoped the pt:ti- tion would raise consumer aware- ness about the campaign.

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< .,, CORRECTIONJ...'fr;s:: The name of USO men's tennis coa Ed Collins was misspelled yes- terday m a local brief concerning his election a \\ inner of the 1988 Re- gion VIII 'olvo Tennis/Coaches Commuruty Service Award. The Union regrets the error. • • • It is the policy of The Union to correct all errors. To discuss accura- cy or fairness in the news. please write Cliff Smith. readers' represent- ative, Box 191, San Diego 92 7 112, or telephone {619) 299-3131

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'Okeanos' sculpture adds bulk t o Scripps collection' / By Su an Freudenheim u1c; '5 installed with an enormous lift. porary art. research assistant at the clinic. Tribune Art Critic ' , \ It's an aggressive, monolithic However, "Okeanos" failed to in- "All I can say is that it's a nondes- 0 1: \'IF.\\ I\R thought it piece of modern sculpture. That spire a small group of people who cript, bent, green, irregularly shaped look d like parts of the Titan- alone is not exactly commonplace in' gathered yesterday to watch it being object," commented Jean Pilot, a re- ic dr dged up from the ocean San Diego. installed: tired doctor. floor. Another said it looked like an In p1red by the surfaces of Rodin "I like the color. It reminds me a "I'd like to know what it stands mt tm . and the ab tract forms of Brancusi, little of Rodin," said Marjorie Hart, a for," said Shirley Smith, a medical Wilham Tucker's "Okeanos," in- it i both primitive and classical in teacher at the University of San.... transcriptionist. "But I think it's in- stalled y tcrday at the entrance to form Oieg&. "But I'm disappointed in the teresting. I'll wait a few weeks and Scrlpp Cltnic and Research Founda• "Okeanos" is the newest, largest bulkiness. It seems bulky rather than see what it does for me." t1on on Torrey Pinc Road, will like- and most ambitious work of art in graceful," she added. Tucker is an internationally ac- ly forever elicit varied respon e . the growing Scripps art collection. It Lenet Galloway, an employee in claimed sculptor born in Egypt in crtainly, at won't be ignored. wa. commissioned more than a year Scripps' clinical pathology division, 1933 and raised in England. It I big, after all - 13 feet tall and ago to honor Dr. Frank Dixon, direc- was more unequivocal. "It looks like "Okeanos" is his largest recent 3,500 pound of bronze. Conceived at tor of the research institute from an intestine. They've played a cruel work, and in a phone interview last th rtl t' tudio in upstate New 1961 to 1986. Under Dr. Charles Ed- joke on Scripps Clinic," she said. week from his home in Lake Hunt- York and c tat the Talllx Foundry, wards, president since 1977, Scripps "It reminds me of parts of the Ti- ington, N.Y., he said he expects lso m New York, the work was de- Clinic has distinguished itself with an tanic that they brought up from the viewers to see associations in the hv red her by truck y terday and extraordinary collection of contem- ocean floor," said Colleen Hujsak, a Please see SCULPTURE: C-3, Col. 1

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