In re ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE SYSTEM; Requests of the Governor and the State Bar of California.
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December 3, 1998.
December 3, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Marie M. Moffat, Lawrence C. Yee, McCutchen, Doyle, Brown & Enersen and Raymond C. Marshall, San Francisco, for The State Bar of California.
Daniel M. Kolkey, L. Michael Bogert and Brian W. Jones, Sacramento, for Governor Pete Wilson.
Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, Anthony S. Da Vigo, Deputy Attorney General, Philip S. Anderson, Diane L. Karpman, Los Angeles, Stephen R. Barnett, Berkeley, Anthony J. Bradisse, J. Anthony Vittal, Los Angeles, John T. Philipsborn, San Francisco, William M. Wunderlich, San Jose, David Cameron Carr, Marina Del Rey, Anthony T. Caso, Sharon L. Browne, Sacramento, R.S. Radford, James R. Christiansen, Santa Barbara, Colin J. Devellerez, Jerome M. Garchik, San Francisco, Michele Louise Giguiere, Sacramento, David J. Halperin, San Francisco, Bradford E. Henschel, Fred J. Hiestand, Sacramento, Ross Johnson, Betsey Warren Lebbos, San Jose, Levin, Ephraim Margolin, San Francisco, Patrick J. McDonough, Melanie L. Morgan, Sacramento, James W. O'Brien, Los Angeles, Michael J. Oths, Boise, ID, William Nesh, Woodland Hills, Sharon L. Browne, Sacramento, Deborah J. La Fetra, Lise A. Pearlman, Ellen R. Peck, Murray B. Petersen, Oakland, Nancy G. Priddis, Berkeley, Emory L. King, Jr., James V. de la Vergne, Sacramento, Adam B. Schiff, Ronald R. Silverton, Los Angeles, John Cary Sims, Sacramento, Jimmy Starr, Crested Butte, James N. Waldorf, Larry Gassner, Ontario, Anderlini, Finkelstein & Emerick, P. Terry Anderlini, San Mateo, Kopp and Di Franco, Quentin L. Kopp, Cotter & Del Carlo, Richard A. Canatella, Ronald M. Toran, San Francisco, Rawles, Hinkle, Carter, Behnke & Oglesby, Jared G. Carter, Ukiah, Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin, Jerome B. Falk, Jr., Therese M. Stewart, San Francisco, Horvitz & Levy, Ellis J. Horvitz, Calabasas, Jon B. Eisenberg, Oakland, Kehr, Crook & Fox, Robert L. Kehr, Los Angeles, Cooper, White & Cooper, Mark L. Tuft, Townsend and Townsend and Crew, Paul W. Vapnek, San Francisco, Hardy, Erich, Brown & Wilson and David S. Worthington, Sacramento, as Amici Curiae.
Supreme Court of California.
GEORGE, Chief Justice.
On October 14, 1998, this court issued an order soliciting public comment in response to a letter submitted to the court by Governor Pete Wilson and a "Request for a Special Regulatory Assessment" submitted by the State Bar of California.
In his letter, the Governor acknowledged that a problem with public protection had arisen because the State Bar's disciplinary system no longer was operating effectively, observed that "[c]learly, the...
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