Calif. Bar Proposes New Rule Cracking Down on Resignations
A disciplinary committee of the State Bar of California is proposing a new rule that would require attorneys to face perjury charges if, in voluntarily resigning, they fail to state any criminal charges or convictions against them. The proposal comes after an attorney in La Mesa, Calif., was alleged to have failed to report a guilty plea in his submission to voluntarily resign from the State Bar. The attorney pleaded guilty in February to possessing child pornography and resigned from the Bar in May.
