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State Bar & Bar Associations

May 1, 2019

Auditor slashes State Bar fee increase by more than half

While affirming the State Bar’s need for a fee increase in 2020, State Auditor Elaine M. Howle proposed a much more modest hike and recommended the agency further maximize its revenues, according to a report released Tuesday.

While affirming the State Bar’s need for a fee increase in 2020, State Auditor Elaine M. Howle proposed a much more modest hike and recommended the agency further maximize its revenues in a report released Tuesday.

The State Bar initially proposed total annual fees of $813 per attorney in 2020, up from $383 in 2019. The audit instead recommended the agency receive about a third of the hikes it wanted, a total fee of $525, but the fe...

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