State Bar & Bar Associations,
Insurance,
Law Practice
Sep. 28, 2018
Is mandatory malpractice insurance coming to California?
Many California lawyers may not be aware of the Malpractice Insurance Working Group or what it’s currently studying.
Kenneth C. Feldman
Partner
Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP
Certified Specialist in Legal Malpractice
633 W 5th St Ste 4000
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: (213) 250-1800
Fax: (213) 250-7900
Email: Ken.Feldman@lewisbrisbois.com
Loyola Law School
Kenneth is firm-wide chair of the legal malpractice defense group at Lewis Brisbois. He is a certified specialist, legal malpractice law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization, and is vice chair of the State Bar Legal Malpractice Law Advisory Commission. Mr. Feldman is the author of "California Legal Malpractice & Malicious Prosecution Liability Handbook."
As we enter fall, David Bowie's "Changes" comes to mind. Indeed, the new California Rules of Professional Conduct become effective on Nov. 1. In addition, the 2017 State Bar Funding Bill, as you may recall, was historic. It separated the Sections out from the State Bar into what is now called the California Lawyers Association. With this separation, the State Bar is no longer a trade association for lawyers. Rather, its focus now is primarily on licensing and discipli...
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