Riverside Lawyer to Lead State Bar of California
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James O. Heiting, a Riverside lawyer who has been instrumental in expanding alcohol and drug rehabilitation programs for attorneys, was elected president of the State Bar of California on Saturday.
A partner at Heiting & Irwin, which specializes in medical malpractice and personal injury cases, Heiting, 56, will succeed former California Atty. Gen. John Van de Kamp. Heiting’s one-year term at the helm of the 200,000-member organization begins in September.
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