State Bar of California

January 26, 2023 – The State Bar of California’s Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced today the filing of a Notice of Disciplinary Charges (NDC) against attorney John Charles Eastman (State Bar No. 193726). The 11 charges arise from allegations that Eastman engaged in a course of conduct to plan, promote, and assist then-President Trump in […]

February 27, 2022 – As of late Saturday night, it appears that all State Bar records, confidential and public, have been removed from the site, with a note confirming this on the site. We are continuing to investigate. February 26, 2022 – The State Bar announced today that it is taking urgent action to address […]

Effective January 19, 2022, Terrence Patrick Goggin of San Francisco, a former state assembly member, was summarily disbarred for a criminal conviction involving moral turpitude following his December 4, 2019, guilty plea to a felony money laundering charge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.    In connection with his guilty […]

January 20, 2018 – The California Supreme Court appointed Michael G. Colantuono and Jason Lee as Chair and Vice-Chair, respectively, of the State Bar of California’s Board of Trustees Wednesday, continuing the governance reforms recently enacted under SB 36. The appointments mark an important step in the transition to an all-appointed Board and appointed Board […]