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6 Nov 2018, 6:44 am by Legal Profession Prof
A recommendation for disbarment of the California State Bar Court Review Department This matter involves Chance Edward Gordon’s unsuccessful attempt to avoid the statutory proscription against attorneys receiving advance fees for loan modification services prior to completion of the contracted-for... [read post]
26 Apr 2019, 5:31 am by Legal Profession Prof
A disbarment recommendation from the California State Bar Court Hearing Department Mark Robert Haddon is charged with 12 counts of misconduct related to his settlement of a client’s case that involved deceitful actions to his client and the Office of... [read post]
5 Aug 2015, 6:12 am by Legal Profession Prof
In contrast to the District of Columbia Board on Professional Responsibility, the California State Bar Court Review Department holds that an attorney's four alcohol-related driving offenses involved moral turpitude and warrants a meaningful sanction of actual suspension After independently reviewing... [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 7:26 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department has recommended disbarment of a lawyer found culpable of maintaining vexatious litigation This matter concerns Charles Gadsden Kinney’s actions as a plaintiff and attorney in a series of lawsuits in Los Angeles and... [read post]
1 Aug 2017, 1:41 pm by Legal Profession Prof
A proposed disbarment from the California State Bar Court Hearing Department In this matter, respondent Zollie S. [read post]
4 Mar 2017, 5:44 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department agreed that a one-year suspension should be imposed (as argued by the Office of Trial Counsel) but also agreed that misappropriation had not been proven (rejecting OTC's contentions) This case arises out of... [read post]
23 Jun 2014, 5:14 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department has recommended a partially-stayed two year suspension of an attorney who had misappropriated the proceeds of a settlement of a tort action on behalf of his parents. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 4:16 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department proposes a 30-day actual suspension as reciprocal discipline for sanctions imposed in Nevada. [read post]
6 Dec 2016, 8:58 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department has recommended disbarment of an attorney who failed to comply with an earlier discipline order. [read post]
12 Aug 2015, 4:26 am by Legal Profession Prof
An unpublished decision of the California State Bar Court Review Department Lee Willis Harwell, Jr., a respected attorney with over 30 years’ experience without discipline, appeals a hearing judge’s decision recommending he receive six months’ actual suspension for a grossly... [read post]
11 Dec 2016, 11:38 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department recommends disbarment of an attorney for misconduct relating to her parents' estate. [read post]
29 Dec 2018, 3:46 pm by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Hearing Department recommends disbarment for an attorney's abusive billing practices Respondent's procedures for dealing with complaining clients constituted overreaching. [read post]
18 Jan 2024, 6:04 pm by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department recommends disbarment for a criminal conviction On May 15, 2012, at approximately 11:30 p.m., Spencer Freeman Smith was driving from San Francisco to San Ramon when he struck Bo Hu who was walking... [read post]
13 Jul 2016, 4:26 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department found that an attorney's "unprecedented" misconduct in cheating his elderly business partner was worthy of disbarment Respondent Wade Anthony Robertson appeals from a hearing judge’s decision recommending disbarment. [read post]
5 Nov 2019, 7:33 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department tripled a proposed sanction and increased the proposed discipline from 30 to 90 days In 2014, David Leon Speckman filed a fraudulent insurance claim for a commercial property he owned in Nevada, and... [read post]
19 Feb 2015, 4:54 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department has recommended a 90-day suspension for an attorney's misconduct in several loan modification matters Two Notices of Disciplinary Charges alleged that from 2010 to 2012, he collected legal fees before completing each loan... [read post]
10 Oct 2017, 10:27 am by Legal Profession Prof
An opinion of the California State Bar Court Review Department Michael Christopher Bennett appeals a hearing judge’s decision recommending disbarment because Bennett defrauded and intentionally misappropriated $13,860 from his employer, forged signatures, and misused the seals of two notaries public.... [read post]
23 Mar 2019, 9:39 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Hearing Department recommended a 30-day suspension of an attorney charged with (and largely absolved of) dishonesty toward his law partners. [read post]
18 Aug 2019, 6:08 am by Legal Profession Prof
A recent unpublished opinion of the California State Bar Court Review Department affirms the denial of reinstatement to an attorney convicted of a murder shortly after his 1980 admission to practice Petitioner Stephen Liebb requests review of a hearing judge’s... [read post]
25 Aug 2018, 4:54 am by Legal Profession Prof
The California State Bar Court Review Department recommends suspension of six months and probation for a prosecutor's discovery violation. [read post]