Overview In In the Matter of Member W, the Review Department addressed whether the State Bar could obtain an attorney’s trust account records through an investigative subpoena without complying [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Tiernan, the Review Department addressed a probation revocation proceeding arising from the attorney’s repeated failures to comply with disciplinary probation conditions. The court [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Spaith, the Review Department recommended disbarment after finding that the attorney intentionally misappropriated approximately $40,000 from a client and repeatedly misled the client [...]

Overview In In the Matter of Acuna, the State Bar Court Review Department recommended disbarment after finding a broad pattern of misconduct involving multiple clients, including wilful misappropriation of [...]

Overview In the Matter of Ike is a significant Review Department decision addressing both conviction-based discipline and fraudulent concealment during the bar admission process. The Review Department adopted the [...]

Overview In the Matter of Rubens is a leading California State Bar Court Review Department decision addressing attorney misconduct arising from abdication of professional responsibilities to non-attorney staff, abandonment [...]

Overview In the Matter of Nees is a significant Review Department decision addressing attorney abandonment of an incarcerated client, prolonged failure to perform promised legal services, failure to return [...]

Overview In the Matter of Respondent V concerns a single instance of misleading attorney advertising arising from an employment solicitation letter sent to a prospective client. The Review Department [...]

Overview In the Matter of Katz is a comprehensive Review Department decision addressing serious attorney misconduct involving dishonesty, abuse of the bankruptcy process, willful disobedience of court orders, and [...]

Overview In the Matter of McKiernan addresses serious client trust account violations arising from an attorney’s prolonged misuse and neglect of his trust account in a single matter. Although [...]