I thought I'd look up an old friend I hadn't spoken with in years.
So I ran his name through the FL bar registry. It popped up as "Unqualified to Practice." He apparently isn't paying his bar dues.
That's got to be a bad situation.
So I ran his name through the FL bar registry. It popped up as "Unqualified to Practice." He apparently isn't paying his bar dues.
That's got to be a bad situation.
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Re: Bummer~!!
Wed, September 26, 2007 - 8:34 PMnot necessarily . . .
I'm guessing my Illinois entry shows something similar . . .
I stopped paying those dues a while back . . .
why bother?
I live in Georgia, I practice in Georgia, my kids live in Georgia, and unless they move, I want to stay and Georgia and watch them grow up into adulthood . . . -
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Re: Bummer~!!
Thu, September 27, 2007 - 1:42 PMIf you get into some sort of trouble with your bar, that you are in bad standing with another bar (by not properly resigning) may come back to haunt you.
I know it's risk/benefit analysis. But what's so hard with writing a letter saying, "I quit"? -
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Re: Bummer~!!
Thu, September 27, 2007 - 2:49 PMYou can retire officially from any of the state bars And you can chose inactive status which is usually inexpensive and you don't have to keep the CLEs up. And you can revive your active status on motion.
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Re: Bummer~!!
Sun, September 30, 2007 - 7:49 AMI keep on paying my California bar dues, on the off chance that some California lawyers will need local counsel on Texas on a California matter.
I also keep paying them just because sweating for the California bar and passing it was something of an accomplishment, and I am to vain to let that accomplishment "expire."
Is the California bar exam still a full three day exam? That was the hardest part about it, in my opinion. Many other states have a shorter exam. -
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Re: Bummer~!!
Sun, September 30, 2007 - 10:12 AMStill three days, yup.
And you can go inactive in California...the middle ground between full bar and resigning.
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