TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Feb 27, 2024

The State Bar of California yesterday warned that its general fund will become insolvent in 2025 without an attorney licensing fee increase, reports Reuters. Next year, California's 250,000 attorneys will pay an additional $114 a year on top of the current $404 annual licensing fee to cover an expected $24 million deficit in the state bar’s core functions, bar staff told the organization's board of trustees. The fees will go towards technology and up to 77 new staff positions to investigate attorney complaints. Last April, the auditor of the State of California identified growing financial shortfalls at the largest mandatory state bar association in the U.S. and concluded the organization should do more long-range financial planning.