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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Judges and Judiciary

Mar. 20, 2026

L.A. Bar leader warns of attacks on judiciary, legal system at annual bench-bar gathering

At L.A.'s Bench Meets the Bar Luncheon, Bar President Jeffrey B. Margulies sounded the alarm that attacks on judges and lawyers are putting the rule of law at risk.

L.A. Bar leader warns of attacks on judiciary, legal system at annual bench-bar gathering
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In unusually blunt remarks at an annual gathering of judges and lawyers, Los Angeles County Bar Association President Jeffrey B. Margulies warned that recent attacks on courts, prosecutors and law firms threaten the rule of law and the stability of the legal system.

Speaking Thursday at the LACBA Litigation Section's Bench Meets the Bar Luncheon, Margulies contrasted today's political and legal climate with the response to the Watergate scandal, invoking the Supreme Court&...

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