Ethics & Professional Responsibility

A legal commentator who serves as a professor and ethics counsel at one American law school states that the legal sphere is ultimately “a forgiving profession.” Not always, though. That individual’s comment relevant to disbarred lawyers seeking restoration of their...

Some people might expect a California doctor recently disciplined by state medical authorities for her prescribing history of opioids to feel repentant and express remorse. That’s far from the case. The physician – a primary care MD located in a small northern...

It is readily apparent that California financial professionals comprise a group of closely regulated individuals. For starters, money managers – investment advisers, brokers, accountants and others – don’t embark on their public-facing careers without first...

Licensed California professionals employing their passions and talents across myriad occupational spheres routinely seek optimal outcomes for those who rely upon their special skills. Patients need treatment and cures. Best-case legal results must be secured. Buyers...

When it comes to shorthand designations customarily applied to California’s myriad regulatory bodies overseeing professional licensing, the acronyms are sufficient to conjure up alphabet soup. DOI. DRE. DSS. FINRA. The list goes on. And it signifies this: If you’ve...

Select California workers employed in state or federal government jobs can point to a number of important personal attainments and credentials that are key to their livelihoods and continued employment. Requisite professional training and schooling is a given, of...

“An inherently complicated process.” That is how one California media source terms the in-and-outs relevant to securing a professional license in the state. And not just one or a few select licenses. A recent Sacramento Bee article on licensing dictates in California...

Would-be California lawyers hoping to be fully credentialed and with license in hand after passing the state’s bar exam can certainly be empathized with on a number of counts. For starters, the exam is notoriously difficult, and noted by legions of prospective...

California health care workers face heightened regulatory scrutiny perhaps unparalleled in any other occupational realm. We prominently underscore that point at the established license-defense legal offices of the Century Law Group. We stress on the firm’s website...

Slap a licensing requirement on it. Arguably, that is the preferred go-to stance of California regulators with oversight of the state’s vast and varied occupational sphere. What government overseers unquestionably have a penchant for doing is to saddle ever-more...