Thanks to California Public Utilities Commission Chief Administrative Law Judge Karen Clopton for posting this on Facebook.  Regrettably I see this post July 29, 2016 after the fact, but it is one of which we all should be aware.  The hearings were July 24, 2016.

It's phony rules and procedures like the California State Bar Association's Rule 2-400 that delay and thus deny justice.  It appears to deal with discrimination but there is the added procedure that makes it ineffective.  This type of social and legal trajectory of the "almost but not quite" response to discrimination in our society is why our cities are aflame with the regrettable near race riots in the streets.  People are fed up with mirages of justice.   If the agents of our legal system are not acting fairly and just what can we expect from everyone else.  We cannot let racism destroy this great country as many fair-minded people work to make our imperfect nation "a more perfect union."  Please contact Attorney Pamela Price for details of next steps you can take. Email: pyp@pypesq.com.

For 22 years, the State Bar of California has failed to enforce its own anti-discrimination rule.  Rule 2-400 prohibits lawyers from discriminating against clients or employees.  We are sanctioned, disciplined and monitored for many rule violations, but the basic requirements of Rule 2-400 are not enforced unless and until there has been a final court decision finding discrimination by the attorney or his firm.  This clause has made Rule 2-400 irrelevant for the past 22 years.    We have the chance to change the status quo.  A State Bar Commission has recommended the adoption of Rule 8.4.1 which would eliminate the requirement of a judgment of discrimination and allow the State Bar to enforce Rule 2-400 the same as it enforces all other rules.  We need to send letters to the State Bar NOW and if possible, show up and show out on July 26th at the State Bar hearings in either San Francisco or Los Angeles to say we want our State Bar to take discrimination as seriously as it takes all other rule violations.  Please write a letter and spread the word.     In these very challenging times, we are either part of the solution or part of the problem.  Let's start to make our State Bar a part of the solution.  Your dues matter, what you do matters.  MAKE THE STATE BAR PART OF THE SOLUTION. State Bar Hearings in San Francisco and Los Angeles STATE BAR OFFICES Public Comment on Proposed Rules of Professional Conduct Tuesday, July 26, 2016 - 9:00 a.m. SUPPORT PROPOSED RULE 8.4.1 Sincerely,  Attorney Pamela Y. Price pyp@pypesq.com  Support Commission Proposed Rule 8.4.1 Send A Letter ASAP if You Cannot Attend the Hearing!          Please Link SUBSCRIBE TO LIST Copyright © 2016. All Rights Reserved.