Jeffrey Paul Rosenberg is an active member of the California Bar and was admitted 3rd December 1982. Jeffrey graduated from Western State University.

Lawyer Information

NameJeffrey Paul Rosenberg
First Admitted3 December 1982 (41 years, 5 months ago)
StatusActive
Bar Number104845

Contact

Current Email[email protected]
Previous Email[email protected]
Phone Number408-607-7518

Schools

Law SchoolWestern State University (CA)
Undergraduate SchoolUniversity of California Berkeley (Berkeley CA)

Address

Current AddressLAW OFFICES OF JEFFREY P. ROSENBERG, 9301 Elberon Way
Elk Grove, CA 95758-7637
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History

8 May 2006Active (17 years, 11 months ago)
8 May 2005Not eligible to practice law in CA (18 years, 11 months ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 01-O-05317
27 April 2004Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 01-O0-05317 (20 years ago)
3 December 1982Admitted to the State Bar of California (41 years, 5 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

May 8, 2005

JEFFREY PAUL ROSENBERG [#104845], 50, of San Jose was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on probation for three years with an actual suspension of one year and until he proves his rehabilitation and was ordered to pass the MPRE and comply with rule 955. He also must provide proof of attendance at the State Bar ethics school and client trust accounting school. The order took effect May 8, 2005.

Rosenberg stipulated that he twice overdrew his client trust account, wrote more than 100 checks from the CTA for personal purchases, made more than 100 point-of-sale personal purchases using CTA funds, commingled his own funds with CTA funds and failed to remove his attorney fees promptly after they were earned.

A second case stemmed from Rosenberg’s actions in collecting on a defaulted student loan. He filed a debt collection complaint on behalf of the University of California regents seeking repayment of $13,780, which the former student agreed to pay. Six years later, she paid the debt directly to the regents, but no satisfaction of judgment was recorded.

When the woman tried to refinance her home, the title company contacted Rosenberg, who demanded that the woman satisfy the judgment. Although she said she had paid her debt, she had no paperwork and Rosenberg threatened to block the refinancing and to garnish her wages unless she made payments directly to him.

As a result, the woman paid Rosenberg $15,666. The following year, Rosenberg informed the UC loan office that he had collected just over $12,116 from the woman and enclosed a check for $8,076 as the regents’ share. Rosenberg kept $7,589 for himself.

When Rosenberg was informed that he had no authority to collect money for the regents, that the student had repaid her loan in full and no longer had an obligation to the university, and that Rosenberg owed the former student almost $10,000, it was found that his CTA was overdrawn. The regents refunded $8,076 to the woman.

When the woman complained to the State Bar, Rosenberg asserted that UC had never advised him about the woman’s payment and that he had followed the university’s instructions about collecting the debt. Both claims were misleading.

Rosenberg stipulated that he committed acts of moral turpitude and failed to maintain client funds in trust.