Ethics/Professional Responsibility
Jun. 10, 2026
Kiesel presses bid to remove judge in State Bar discipline case
Attorney Paul Kiesel's latest filing argues that Judge Yvette Roland has already made detailed findings portraying him as a central participant in alleged misconduct, creating an appearance of partiality.
The disciplinary case against Los Angeles attorney Paul Kiesel has increasingly centered on whether the State Bar judge assigned to hear the matter can fairly preside after making extensive findings about his conduct in earlier, related proceedings.
The latest development came May 27, when Kiesel's attorneys filed a reply brief with the State Bar Court Review Department urging reversal of an order that denied their effort to disqualify Hearing Judge Yvette D. Roland from presi...
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