Arthur Margolis & Susan Margolis

(The Lawyers Who Comprise Margolis & Margolis Bar Defense)

Discuss Why You Are In More Trouble Than You Realize
 

ARTHUR:  When the California State Bar comes after you, they presume you are guilty.

SUSAN:  The Bar begins an investigation on one matter and uses that investigation to dig for more matters, more issues they can hold against you.

ARTHUR: It doesn't matter if you acted out of good intentions or bad, or whether you knowingly committed a violation, because unwitting "technical violations" are fully punishable by fines, jail, and disbarment.

SUSAN:  When the California State Bar comes after you, you need dedicated 24/7 Bar Defense Lawyers, and you need those Lawyers immediately.

ARTHUR:  Understand, the California State Bar has full-time investigators and prosecutors, and your case will go before a full-time Bar Court and a Bar Judge who hears only cases of charges against lawyers. 

SUSAN:  Bar Court is an Administrative Law Court and its rules are arcane, byzantine, and one-sided.  Bar Court lives in the same building as the Bar Offices, which is why you've likely never encountered it.

ARTHUR:  You need Bar Defense Lawyers who practice only in this court system and know these Investigators and these Prosecutors and these Judges.

SUSAN:  This is all we do and all we have done for decades.  Why?  Because we like to even the playing field for our clients in a system we don't much like. 

ARTHUR:  And because we do like being the expert best at something.

SUSAN:  Our fees are reasonable, initial consultation and conflict-check is free, we pride ourselves on being accessible day and night throughout your case, and our reputation is based on the constantly positive referrals our previous clients give us.

ARTHUR:  If you are reading this you don't need a friend, you need Bar Defense Lawyers who know what to do.

SUSAN:  Contact us, and thanks.

ARTHUR L. MARGOLIS

ARTHUR L. MARGOLIS is a partner in the Los Angeles law firm of Margolis & Margolis LLP. The firm specializes in the area of attorney ethics and professional responsibility.

After admission to the California Bar in December of 1973, Mr. Margolis was a prosecutor for the State Bar of California for thirteen years. During that time, he investigated hundreds of complaints against attorneys and prosecuted attorneys in formal disciplinary proceedings at the trial level as well as before the State Bar's Review Department. In addition to his trial calendar, Mr. Margolis supervised other State Bar prosecutors and represented the California State Bar in disciplinary proceedings before the California Supreme Court. When Mr. Margolis left the State Bar in December of 1986, he held the title of Senior Trial Counsel. After leaving the Bar, he prosecuted two cases at the Bar's request.

Mr. Margolis' present practice consists almost entirely of defending attorneys in State Bar disciplinary proceedings and serving as a consultant on issues of professional responsibility.

At the request of California State Senator Robert Presley, Mr. Margolis assisted in the formulation of legislation which significantly changed the California Business and Professions Code as to attorney discipline.

Mr. Margolis has served as an expert witness on professional responsibility in federal and state courts, and has lectured on the subject at law schools and bar associations, including numerous MCLE classes. Mr. Margolis has also served as an expert consultant for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office. 

SUSAN L. MARGOLIS

SUSAN L. MARGOLIS graduated from Boalt Hall, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley.  Ms. Margolis is a Partner in the law firm of Margolis & Margolis LLP.  The firm specializes in the area of attorney ethics and professional responsibility.

After admission to the California Bar in 1982 and the Illinois Bar in 1983, Ms. Margolis practiced complex civil litigation with a law firm in Chicago, Illinois, before beginning work at the State Bar of California as a prosecutor from 1986 to 1990. During that time, she investigated and prosecuted attorneys in formal disciplinary proceedings at the trial level as well as before the State Bar's appellate court, the Review Department.  When she left the State Bar in October of 1990, she held the title of Senior Litigator.

Ms. Margolis' present practice consists almost entirely of defending attorneys in State Bar disciplinary proceedings, and serving as a consultant on issues of professional responsibility.

She has served as an expert witness on professional responsibility in state court, and she has lectured frequently on issues of legal ethics and professional responsibility at law firms and bar associations, including numerous MCLE classes. She has been a consultant on Bar-related legislation. She is co-author of the book,  "California Lawyer's Guide to Professional Responsibility," published by Shepard's McGraw-Hill, 1994-1996.