News Scrapbook 1988

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. I minute 7 seconds rema.mmg in the second ov rtim lo give the an Diego State men's team a 1-0 victory over Old Dominion at the SMU Tournament in Dallas. San Diego State (7-1-1) was named co-champion with Neva- da-Las Vegas. SDSU's Marcelo Balboa was named th~ tourna- ment's standout defensiv~!ayer.

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Landmark Attorney Discipline Bills Signed everything in order until the end of next year.

State Bar Granted Broad New Power to F rotect Consumers

"That is not acceptable to the public. That is sions. "For the first time, the bar will be in a It will take a year of ha!'d work to get the right not acceptable to the profession," Anderlini position to detect patterns, which was never people on board. You should see some clear said, the case before." He added the bar will "have a signs or improvement by the end ofnext year." In contrast, the full-time judges "will be cornucopia of information" that will serve to Under SB 1498, a panel of six judges will rule on discipline cases in the Hearing Department. suspend lawyers from practice pending the act the reforms. The Review Department will consist of a pre- outcome of a discipline case. Said Anderlini, "It's important to have the and personnel as he studied the system. He public protected to deal with those who are used the information he gathered to write four "Hight now you have 450 volunteers playing committing ongoing harm. Before, we were reports spiced with strong criticism of the sys- judge for a day. You have a system which no faced with the embarrassing situation ofa law- tern and recommend improvements. one, on its face, can defend," Fellmeth said yer harming the public while discipline pro- "I was surprised to realize I was dealing with about the current system. ceedings were being delayed." a body that was sensitive to the problem," he But with the new State Bar Court, "You have The new discipline system gives bar officials commented. The Board of Governors, he said, a system with full-time professional judges greater flexibility in meting out punishment to "w~s not like a manager bumping his chest who will know each others' decisions. They will disciplined attorneys. SB 1498 gives the bar against the umpire." Fellmeth enjoyed free access to bar records sidingjudge, 1eviewjudge and a layjudge, The by judge may serve half lime. ready to go at a moment's notice," said uncover patterns of attorney misconduct. Both Feilmeth and Presley credited a new SB 1498 also enhances the bar's ability to attitude among bar leaders wit.h helping to en- Fellmeth, Profes~ional Judges

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SMJU\MENTO - On the ""' ,r Jh<, St,te know th;, •rea of the t,w backw,rn nnd fo,. auth,nty to hnpo,e sa,ctmm short of ~sba,- Fetlmeth ruldol, "A lot of th, Idea, fh, SB no, A,,,aJ Me,Uog G0<. Geo,... Denkmejl,n w"d. They •HI be q,almol fodleidwls, know me,~ loclmJU,g limib o, a lawy,,•, ,...,lieo. 14981 "" not ml"'. They',e the;,,, '"d they ,i,, d Joto low Thn;,day, lomlm"k pl,o t, what thcy',e doing '"d be n,biased."' "Draeooian choke, ,.. .,m,thiog j•dg" shoWd be given ,n,dlt - "P'•ially if they rcfo1·m the State Bar•~ troubled lm•;yPr di•ci. Felimeth ~aid the newsystem will provide an don't like to make," said Fellmeth. The inter- work." pH,,.ystem essenHal elem,,at of ooy j •dlci,I sy,t,m - ;m ,a,cJion,, he,ddcd, gi re the b" "flexiblli- Sa;d Ph,sley, "O,e of the mMt '°""'•. Cwrt ••wm be a bettc, ""tern. We wtt] h•ve Hee jndgm~• lneo!W>g gn,ss ,egl~'"" ood the ,tate to wi, app,,,.,J fo, the disOpU,e

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SAd'Rru\lENTO _ Following is a chronology Bar Court's adjudication process remain well out additional resources, the system "will be- of mqj~ enent, lead"'9 lo Goo. G'"'TJe Denk- below ,eo,ptable te""1s." come a sh•mble,." . . . ,,,..,Icy, D-n<,~oo,, Md AB .,,, by Amm- the D~. 31 dendllne fo, eUmi,aU,g the bock- the Admms~ot,o~ of Jn,t\"' deb,ta Pre,. log of di.sdpllne complaint, hnpo,ed by SB 405. !ey', SB 1498, wh~h eontau,, lMdnmk re- mejian's approval of SB 1498 by Sen. Robert bly Speake, Willie Brow, D-Sa, Fmn<•oo. Bar officials acknowledge they will not meet B" ,mci,h approve "P'•dit,,e ,r ""'rn The As.s:mbl~ Judiciary _Subcommittee on ~- ·' Ma,eh 1985, Sa, F,an,;, 00 E>am;,., p,b- $200,000 to hlre ""''"'"'' i,~stig,torn in a to fund the reforms .. The ponel .''"' """"'" llshes sede, of milcl" tiUol, "The Brotbo,- move to rednee lhe b.,M,g. hood· Joslire fo, Lowy.,., " The,tone, ,.,.., I k d I F ti th

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most lawyers from the current $275 to $417 in ioelndes • th"'"" IUO "di,dp)lne enhnnccment" fee lo fund the reforms.,, The m,st imporumt reform Will profe,sJp,{' all,e the SLote Ba, Couct, which •~•dl

form, orthesy,i,mMd, $US d,es ,.,.h.,.. B,own's AB 4391, wluch '!'" b,u,e doe, fo, 1989 k b. ond 19'0. The .,beomm,tte, _, to put the 1 ~ $145 "discipline enhancement" fee in Brown's ar our measure I m,t '\ "PPrnves "~ • · ac veram, 0 ,,.,,,.,,Jon,! ehooges, the d,mphne enbMrem'"t reduced from $145 to $110; and the number or db k . f th • • ee • . S t May 1988: The full sembly Ju c1ary om- · As dl · c an a . t

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The hm· w,iJ ''"'" mo,e powe, to snspe,.d owy,~ rnm P'"""''" '" '°" '" " Y to"""'""°'"'"' ,ho,t of disb,rmeot. The ""''""' n),o lod.,de, m, rlestgn,d to ea- "" •ttomey .,;,.,,.,.,,, 1' m,., qWekly re- Dur~ lnrrrn,r, poTh~ d scip~~n~ ~!c~ re~orms are con'-lned in SB 140, hy Sen. Robect Presley, D-Rive,. '"''• the Leg;statn"'' leadiog ba, w,tehdog. The $110 discipline surcharge ond basic dues for J 989 and 1990 nre included in AB 4391 by Assembly Spenk('r D-San Francisco, - Under Brown's AB 4391, bnsic dues for 1989 will be $245 for lawyers in practice for three or more ycnrs, $177 for those in practice between one and three years, and $146 for those in prac- tice for fewer than one year. In 1990, basic dues will rise to $269, $200 and $169, respectively. The bar plans to ease the dues hlke's financial impact on some lnwyers by instituting an in- come-bnsed slldlng dues schedule, and allow- inP, snmr. lawyers to pay in installments or with crl'd1 t cards "\Ve now have the tools for the bar to put into pince a model discipline system for dealing with those attorneys who cheat or steal from their clients, who nre grossly negligent or in- competent or who do not have the best interests of their client at hrnrt," Presley said. "Califor- nia m:iy cvrn he lending ngnin. "Once (the reforms) arc in place, I think you'll src tremrndous progr ss In the way the bar handles the discipline proces!I," Stnt Bnr President P . Terry Anderlinl of S:in Mnteo !laid the reforms will produce "a swln, stern and fair discipline system which wlll give the public the confidence lt should have In our handling or discipline for unethical ncl,." Ile added an improved, responsive discl- plinr. systrm will "go n long way toward im- proving the Image of lawyers." llut progress will not be vlsibir- overnight. Discipllne Monitor Robert Feilmeth, whose proposals form the bulk ofSB 1408, estimated it wlll tnke 18 months to implement the plan fully, During the phase In period, the bar \lill hire aclditionnl prosecutors and Investigators, and th,. ndmlnistrallve lawJudges. It also will pur- chase the resources needed to make the new sy11trm work. . . d h d fl 'b•1·1 rt d t b fli Joi -,· "

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~nng ,b to the d"ei- and tbr 1 m the n.w,w Departmeot to.= m lhe HMnng Deportme,t •nd two prnfess,o','I• .

and a half-time lay Judge In the Review August 1988: The Legislature approves SB

and placing it in the hands of an independent state agency Presley includes the recommen-

January 1988: The Board of Governors, con- Department.

dation in 1986 legislation, SB 1543, but later cerned ~bout the bar's authority to bo1;oiy February 1986: Dcukmejian signs SB 405 by phne ~ystem expenditu~s. . . Lockyer, D-Hayward. Statute places bar's ~hich ~1t~s ~ntmumg critical deliclencl~s budget under legislative scrutiny and regulres m the disc1plme system. It concludes that with- bar to slash its attorney discipline complaint ckl g.J:,y 80 percent by the end of 1987. drops the proposal. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Bill

m_oney, Junks $554,0~0 plan to augment d.isc1- 1498 and AB 4391 and sends the package to Apnl !988: Fe~lm~th ~sues hJS th1rd repo';: ~------~~~~~~~~=========~~~~===~~~~~- September 1988: DeukmeJ1an signs the pack- r Deukmejian. age into Jaw, .. .

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July 1986: eukme;jian signs Presley's SB 1569, which requires attorneys to provide cli- e,:ts written fee agreements and establishes a system to notify the bar when lawyers are charged with crimes or malpractice. September 1986: Deukmejian signs Pres- ley's SB 1543. The law requires state attorney general to appoint a "discipline monitor" to study and report periodically on the system's operations. It also sets up a Complainants' Grievance Panel" charged with ensuring the bar adequately disciplines miscreant attorneys. January 1987: Attorne General John.Yan.de l

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Fellmeth, who al!lo ls the director of the Uni- ver:ail¥ etiaa Dlega_Ccntcr for Public lntcresf I.:iiw, said, "It's not going to happen lmmedl, atcly, There's going to be a lag factor, In about 15 months you will see II substanllal difference Jn 18 months, the sy1tem wll! really be hum ming, It wlll be the model for the nation." Once the reforms are fully In place, Felimett said, the time It takes to process a discipline case wm decline to 18 months, Currently, some casrs take about three years, he nolcd. Added Anderllnl, "We probably won't have