A Westside lawyer, who used the promise of criminal justice reform to sign up thousands of inmate clients, has agreed to be disbarred for misleading prisoners and their families about their chances ...

Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz, center, with councilmember Garry Bredefeld, and Mayor Jerry Dyer, right, answers a question from the media about a proposed ordinance to go before the city council ...

A Los Angeles lawyer has forfeited his right to practice law in California after the State Bar Court ruled he intentionally misled incarcerated clients and their families by charging tens of thousands ...

The former San Bernardino County District Attorney has been suspended by the State Bar of California for destroying evidence. Mike Ramos, who served as DA from 2002 to 2018, deleted text messages and ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- A lawyer whose high-frequency and often dubious plaintiff filings against California hotel owners for perceived violations of the Americans with ...

The State Bar of California has opened an investigation into the tactics used by Gloria Allred’s law firm in its dealings with clients. The investigation, prompted by a recent article in The Wall ...

An exterior of the California State Bar headquarters building in downtown Los Angeles on March 2, 2021. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) Test takers seeking to practice law in California ...

California enacted three new pieces of legislation this month to strengthen oversight of the state’s bar exam and to determine what caused its February attorney licensing test to unravel.

Fresno City Attorney Andrew Janz was not allowed to practice law for the first two weeks of July, according to the State Bar of California, but he says he was the ...