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Ethics/Professional Responsibility

Jul. 14, 2026

New State Bar judge sets rigorous schedule for sprawling DTLA discipline trial

New State Bar Court Judge Alison R. Worthington set a 35-day trial schedule and imposed strict case-management procedures Monday in the consolidated disciplinary prosecution of four Downtown L.A. Law Group attorneys.

New State Bar judge sets rigorous schedule for sprawling DTLA discipline trial
Judge Alison R. Worthington

Less than nine months after joining the State Bar Court, Judge Alison R. Worthington on Monday laid out a detailed roadmap for what could become one of the court's longest attorney discipline trials in recent years. She set a 35-day trial and imposed strict procedures designed to keep the sprawling disciplinary prosecution of four Downtown L.A. Law Group attorneys on schedule.

During a case management conference, Worthington scheduled trial to begin Oct. 6 and continue through...

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