Antioch, CA 94531
1 September 2001 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (23 years, 8 months ago) Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance |
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25 November 1999 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (25 years, 5 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 96-O-01029 |
27 September 1999 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (25 years, 7 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
24 April 1998 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 96-O-01029 (27 years ago) |
22 October 1997 | Active (27 years, 6 months ago) |
8 June 1997 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (27 years, 11 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 94-O-10058 |
8 November 1996 | Active (28 years, 6 months ago) |
6 September 1996 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 96-O-00502 (28 years, 8 months ago) |
27 October 1995 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 94-O-10058 (29 years, 6 months ago) |
12 December 1983 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (41 years, 5 months ago) |
November 25, 1999 JAMES HERRICK COFFER [#111466], 51, of Concord was suspended for 90 days, placed on six months of probation, and was ordered to comply with rule 955. The order took effect Nov. 25, 1999. Coffer stipulated to three counts of misconduct. He practiced law while suspended for non-payment of bar dues in the first matter. He failed to properly supervise his employees in two bankruptcy cases. In the first, Coffer’s client was ordered to pay a bank $5,000 by close of business on July 21, 1995. Although the client had the funds ready, Coffer’s employees said the client could send the money overnight and they would notify the bank.The employees failed to do so, the bank refused payment and scheduled a sale of the client’s home. A third bankruptcy filed by Coffer on the client’s behalf was dismissed.In the second matter, a client’s bankruptcy case was dismissed because of delayed compliance with a payment plan. As a result, one of the creditors scheduled a trustee’s sale of the client’s property. Coffer filed an application to re-open the case instead of a motion to vacate. The motion to vacate was filed after the trustee’s sale.In mitigation, Coffer performed additional legal services for those clients free of charge and he cooperated with the bar’s investigation. |