Candidate For Bar Board Accuses California Lawyer and Bar Journal Of Playing Fast And Loose With Facts In Discipline Summaries

Former O.J. Lawyer Chairs Editorial Board of California Lawyer Magazine

Nationally Recognized Trial Lawyer Joseph Cotchett

Chief Justice Ronald George

Jeffery Lustman, a candidate for State Bar Board of Governors has accused State Bar publications of failing to adhere to the [ethicscode] of the Society of Professional Journalists in their reporting and publication of discipline summaries.

You may recall that on February 16th and 17th,  the Network first reported on this situation.  Gerald Ulemen, Joseph Cotchett and Chief Justice Ronald George,  all sit on the Editorial Advisory of California Lawyer Magazine.

Although the Network does not endorse candidates for public or State Bar office, it praises Mr. Lustman for his attempts to call attention to the need for State Bar reform.

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More Complaints About State Bar Publications Not Accurately Reporting Discipline Summaries

The Elite Lawyers and Judges Whistleblower Network Of America has received another report of State Bar publications misrepresenting the facts in a discipline summary.

One Southern California State Bar member writes: “When I was written up in California Lawyer magazine, I noticed that my side of the story was not in there. They routinely, I presume, get their information from the Bar, which makes money ripping people off. The California Bar Journal may have the same policy, i.e. only getting one side of the story.”

Name Withheld At Request Of Submitter.

California Lawyer Magazine Advisory Board Asked To Intervene In Info War

Sued Federal Judge After Government Stole His Pleadings From Courthouse

The Editorial Advisory Board of California Lawyer Magazine, is being asked to intervene in an attempt to reverse the magazine’s policy of publishing disciplinary summaries which clash with the Society of Professional Journalist’s Code of Ethics.

CLM, a subsidiary of Daily Journal Inc., is guided by a 22 person group which is chaired by Gerald Uelmen of Santa Clara University’s School of Law. Distinguished  trial lawyers like Joseph Cotchett and David Balabanian, public officials and other law and business leaders also sit on the Board.

It’s no secret that judges, State Bar officials and politically connected State Bar members have their hands all over the State Bar Court.  The secrecy through which Office of Trial Counsel and the State Bar Court operate permits them to disbar any lawyer they want – and they do it at will.

Disinformation Campaign May Violate Publishing Code Of Ethics

Howard Miller - Lawyer & Newspaper Professional

Throughout his professional life, State Bar President Howard Miller has worn two hats – that of lawyer and newspaperman.  Like Miller, the legal publishing business has gone through its fair share of changes since his days as editor of his law review at University of Chicago.

Daily Journal Inc. newspapers in major cities in Northern and Southern California now have a monopoly on what State Bar related news reaches California’s 220,000 plus lawyers in hard print and online.

Gerald Uelmen - California Lawyer Advisory Chair

DJ also publishes the State Bar’s flagship California Lawyer Magazine, which has on its advisory board, such superstars as Santa Clara University School of Law’s Gerald Uhleman, Chief Justice Ronald M. Roland and White House Special Counsel Jeffery Bleich.

DJ has a stable of reporters and writers who cover the State Bar. Yet, news about bogus