California’s lawyer discipline system has been broken for as long as I can remember. It’s long past time to fix it. After the short and not-very-sweet reign of Chief Trial Counsel James Towery — the highly respected former State Bar president who resigned just nine months into his watch — and the recent appointment of yet another interim chief, former Bar prosecutor Jayne Kim, there will never be a better opportunity than now.

So here’s my advice to Ms. Kim. Don’t let these things happen on your watch:

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