A prosecutor in California resigned after his superiors learned he was working - and practicing law- with a warrant for an unpaid speeding ticket and driving while his license was suspended. How his superiors could have missed this, and how the California Bar missed it, is unclear.
Interestingly, if you pull up the guy on the Bar of CA website, he's active to practice law. In fact he's been active since 1997 with a minor suspension in 2008 for not doing his Continuing Education Requirement.
I'm not a member of the California Bar, however, if it works anything like the Florida Bar, it relies on self reporting. If a lawyer has been arrested or convicted of a crime, it is up to that person to tell the Bar about it. If they don't - they usually can remain free of reprucussions from the Bar. Thus, like this lawyer, they can continue to practice law.
If the Bar decides to suspend this guys license, they can do it restrospective to the date when his warrant was issued. If they do, I wonder what will happen to all the cases he was prosecuting - will they be dismissed because of his misconduct? I'll keep you posted.
