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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. -
Newbury Park attorney disbarred following misconduct allegations
Newbury Park attorney Kenneth Asher Amirian has been disbarred by the California State Bar over allegations he violated codes of business and professional conduct in a single client matter, according to a recent decision. -
Stockton attorney attorney disbarred following allegations of misconduct in personal injury case
Stockton attorney Robert Glen V. Campbell has been disbarred by the California State Bar following five counts of professional conduct and business code violations in a single client matter, in which he did not appear at trial to contest, according to a recent decision. -
California Supreme Court remands case involving license plate readers
SAN FRANCISCO -- The California Supreme Court has largely upheld but remanded, the American Civil Liberties Union's license plate reader data request case. -
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. -
Auburn attorney disbarred following allegations of misconduct involving two clients
Auburn attorney Jamie Edwards Quadra has been disbarred by the California State Bar following 17 counts of misconduct involving two clients in client matters, according to a recent decision -
California legal climate among nation's worst, survey says
California's lawsuit climate is bad and isn't getting any better, according to a video by Faces of Lawsuit Abuse, a project of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, which owns this publication. -
Bakersfield attorney disbarred following allegations of misappropriating nearly $1 million
Bakersfield attorney Heather June Christiansen Stanley has been disbarred by the California State Bar following allegations that in 2013 she misappropriated nearly $1 million that she was supposed to hold in trust on behalf of a client, according to a recent decision. -
Morgan Hill, city Hotel Coalition case headed to California Supreme Court
SAN JOSE – The opposing views of a city government lawyer and non-profit attorney on a public referendum is headed to the California Supreme Court. -
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.