Overview In In the Matter of Rose, the Review Department affirmed a disbarment recommendation based on repeated violations of disciplinary probation conditions and an extensive prior disciplinary record. The [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Mason, the Review Department addressed discipline for an attorney who knowingly practiced law while suspended by the California Supreme Court. The case is [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Kirwan, the Review Department addressed the standards governing reinstatement after resignation with disciplinary charges pending, focusing on the distinction between rehabilitation and present [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Bragg, the Review Department addressed extensive misconduct arising from an attorney’s delegation of legal work to a non-lawyer, including fee sharing, aiding the [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Sullivan, the Review Department addressed attorney discipline for widespread incompetence, failure to communicate with clients, and failure to promptly release client files. The [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Respondent X, the Review Department addressed whether an attorney violates Business and Professions Code section 6103 by deliberately disobeying a court order enforcing [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Johnston, the Review Department addressed attorney discipline arising from incompetence, failure to communicate, dishonesty toward a client, and failure to cooperate with a [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Murphy, the Review Department clarified the legal standards governing petitions for relief from actual suspension under Standard 1.4(c)(ii). The case establishes how rehabilitation [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Kaplan, the Review Department addressed extensive, multi-year attorney misconduct involving incompetence, failure to communicate, trust account violations, and failure to cooperate with State [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Elliott, the Review Department addressed discipline arising from an attorney’s misappropriation of approximately $4,000 in client settlement funds in a single client matter. [...]