State Bar & Bar Associations
Aug. 22, 2019
State Bar prosecutor receives support from unlikely source
Bassem Banafa, whose federal lawsuit helped derail Steven Moawad’s 2018 bid to remain the State Bar’s chief trial counsel, has changed his story about his former boss.
The man whose federal lawsuit helped derail Steven Moawad's 2018 bid to secure legislative confirmation to remain the State Bar's chief trial counsel is now singing a different tune about his former boss.
Bassem Banafa, who was supervised by Moawad in the Contra Costa County district attorney's office, alleged in his lawsuit he was harassed by Moawad and other Contra Costa defendants on the basis of his being a Muslim of Yemeni desc...
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