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| type, state, number: | attorney, ca, 68996 |
| issuer: state bar of california | |
| current status: active | |
| district: district 6 | |
| county: riverside | |
| sections: | law practice mgmt litigation |
| license history | |
| 06/23/1976 | admitted to the state bar of california |
With over 30 years as a licensed attorney, James Heitling has had a very noteworthy career in law. Currently in a practice that specializes in medical malpractice and injury, Heitling made headlines most recently when he was elected president of the State Bar of California from 2005-2006. In fact, most online mentions of Heitling have to do with this dignified role. On a smaller scale, Heitling has also served as president of the Riverside County Bar Association. One will notice that Heitling has a disciplinary record. This resulted not from legal practice but from what one might term "illegal practice"; specifically, a DWI that resulted in a major accident/injury to the other party and Heitling being placed on probation by the state bar. Otherwise, no other blemishes appear on Heitling's record and his election as President of the State Bar some 19 years later is testament to the high degree of respect that Heitling has earned among his peers on a professional level. To underscore that thought: just recently, Heitling was a speaker at the Juvenile Law Institute, a conference involving the topic of the law as applied to juveniles. For his long tenure and the general level of respect he seems to have achieved among his peers, James Heitling can be regarded as an attorney of high magnitude.