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[Icky Thump]

Originally Posted by Atticus Grinch

Scenario:

A woman approached the podium and began reading her letter in opposition to an item. Amongst her objections was the fact that the applicant lacked a necessary state license to engage in the business it proposed to conduct. Her letter made much of the fact that she was both a neighbor and a California attorney, and ended ominously with the threat that any approval of the project was "the tip of the legal iceberg" since the decision makers would all be sued (naturally) if they were so foolhardy as to proceed despite her dire and well-founded warning.

As she spoke I checked the state bar website and determined that this "California attorney" has been on inactive status since July for failure to pay bar dues.

I don't typically interject to correct errors of fact or law by public speakers because to do so would mean there would never be time left for the second speaker. But do I have a duty to send a copy of the letter to the state bar? I don't really give a shit, but if others think there's a professional duty implicated I would respect that.

Potentially relevant is that based on her address she's rich as fuuuuuuuuck and could definitely buy me and sell me several times over.

Is an inactive attorney still an attorney for bragging sake? Likely yes. But if she signs a pleading, different story.