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J. Tony Serra was "publicly reproved" by the California State Bar on January 19, 2002.  Here are some of the quotes from the newspaper article I have (Metropolitan News Enterprise, Friday, January 25, 2002):

"Former Sara Jane Olson attorney J. Tony Serra has been sanctioned by the State Bar for disclosing the addresses and phone numbers of two police witnesses in a court document for Olson's Los Angeles bombing plot trial."

"Serra, for the San Francisco law firm Serra, Lichter, Daar, Bustamante, Michael & Wilson, was publicly reproved on January 19 by the State Bar."

"Serra's State Bar sanction includes taking an approved ethics course and paying court costs totaling $1,214.00, State Bar spokesman Marlon Villa said.  The fact that Serra has a public record of discipline is noted on his membership records, Villa said."

"He (Serra) has said his secretary drew up the document, signed his name and filed it while he was out of town."

"City prosecutors in July moved to drop the case against Serra after he agreed to pay $5,000.00 to the Police Memorial Foundation, which supports widows and children of slain police officers.  Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Katherine Mader granted the motion."

"West Hollywood attorney Eric Shevin, who represented Serra in the misdemeanor case, said the posting of the document 'was clearly an oversight' by Serra, but the State Bar had to take action."

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