Fee Scaling for Employees of IOLTA Recipient Organizations

The State Bar considers amending and broadening the application of the 25 percent reduction in bar dues to certain part-time employees who have no other employment relating to the practice of law.

Opinion on representing clients filing bankruptcy

The Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct issues an advisory opinion interpreting the rules governing whether attorneys may represent an individual client who has filed a Chapter 7 bankruptcy if they also represent one of the client’s creditors in an unrelated matter.