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Public defender faces suspension following 2015 court sanction for abandoning client
Long Beach attorney and deputy public defender Delia Marie Metoyer faces 30 days of suspension following a California State Bar decision after being found culpable on three counts of misconduct in the case of a client she was sanctioned for abandoning. -
Los Angeles attorney disbarred following 9 counts of misconduct
Los Angeles attorney Brendt Curtis Butler has been disbarred by default by the California State Bar following nine counts of misconduct stemming from two correlated client matters, according to a recent state bar filing. -
Santa Ana attorney disbarred over misappropriation, other allegations
Santa Ana attorney John Thomas Dzialo has been disbarred by the California State Bar following four counts of misconduct, including misappropriation, in a single client matter, according to a recent state bar filing. -
San Francisco lawyer recommended for partially stayed suspension over immigration case misconduct
San Francisco attorney Frank Patrick Sprouls faces a six-month suspension following a California State Bar filing after being found culpable in three counts of misconduct in a single client matter. -
Tarzana attorney disbarred over multiple misconduct counts in single client matter
Tarzana attorney Steven C. Wilheim has been disbarred by the California State Bar following five counts of misconduct in a single client matter, according to a recent state bar filing. -
Brea attorney recommended for partially stayed suspension over 16 counts of misconduct
Brea attorney Dennis Patrick O'Connell has been recommended to receive a partially stayed three-year suspension and probation by the California State Bar after being found culpable in 16 counts of misconduct in four client matters, according to a recent filing. -
Topanga attorney disbarred for probation violations
Topanga attorney Drew Allan Cicconi, in practice for nearly 40 years, has been disbarred by the California State Bar over allegations he violated terms of a previous disciplinary probation, according to a recent state bar filing. -
San Francisco attorney disbarred following years of alleged vexatious litigation
San Francisco attorney Demas W. Yan has been disbarred by the California State Bar after being found culpable in more than two dozen charges of misconduct after years of vexatious litigation, according to a state bar filing. -
New York attorney disbarred following bank larceny conviction
New York attorney Richard Leo Denman has been disbarred by the California State Bar following a conviction on a misdemeanor charge of bank larceny, according to a recent decision. -
La Jolla attorney disbarred following misconduct allegations
La Jolla attorney Amy Lauren McDonald has been disbarred by the California State Bar over allegations involving three counts of misconduct in a single client matter, none of which she contested, according to a recent decision. -
Nevada attorney disbarred following misconduct allegations
Nevada attorney Mary Lynn Wyatt has been disbarred by the California State Bar over allegations involving 16 counts of misconduct in two client matters, none of which she contested, according to a recent decision. -
El Dorado Hills attorney disbarred by default over 11 counts of misconduct
El Dorado Hills attorney Reginald Arthur Dunn has been disbarred by the California State Bar over 11 counts of professional conduct and business code violations in two client matters, according to a recent decision. -
Glendale attorney disbarred following allegations of skimming genocide victims' settlement
Glendale attorney Rita Mahdessian, part of a husband-and-wife legal team accused of skimming $1 million from settlements of unpaid life insurance policies of Armenian Genocide victims, has been disbarred by the California State Bar, according to a recent decision. -
L.A. attorney disbarred following multiple counts of misconduct
Los Angeles attorney Francesca Angela de la Flor, admitted to the bar more than 40 years ago, has been disbarred by the California State Bar after being found culpable of multiple counts of misconduct, according to a recent decision. -
L.A. attorney disbarred following admission to serious misconduct
Los Angeles attorney Andrew James Stern, who has practiced for more than 45 years, has been disbarred by the California State Bar after admitting to eight counts of serious misconduct, according to a recent decision. -
State bar opposes L.A. attorney's relief from suspension
Los Angeles attorney Drago Charles Baric will remain under suspension based on an Aug. 3 California State Bar's recommendation to the California Supreme Court order after finding he had not been rehabilitated following disciplines handed down nearly six years ago. -
Indio attorney's misconduct charges dismissed
Allegations of misconduct against Indio attorney Jerry Steven Morgan, including charges that arose from a 2007 gang-related shooting case, have been dismissed for lack of -
Santa Monica attorney receives stayed suspension after unintended client trust account disparities
Santa Monica attorney Mona Falah faces a stayed three years' suspension, three years' probation and two years of actual suspension following poor accounting that resulted in disparities in her client trust account, according to a recent California State Bar filing. -
Arcadia attorney disbarred over five counts of misconduct
Arcadia attorney Yen Hoang Thi Nguyen has been disbarred by the California State Bar over with five counts of misconduct involving one client matter, according to a recent decision. -
Vista attorney faces suspension following fee dispute with client
Vista attorney Catherine Irene Denevi faces suspension after withdrawing funds from her client trust account during a fee dispute with her client, according to a recent California State Bar filing.