Litigation
Taxation
Current Email | [email protected] |
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Phone Number | 925-465-4904 |
Fax Number | (925) 465-4904 |
Law School | USC Law School (Los Angeles CA) |
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Undergraduate School | Golden Gate University (San Francisco CA) |
Current Address | 2872 Ygnacio Valley Rd # 155 Walnut Creek, CA 94598-3534 |
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20 February 2023 | Active (2 years, 2 months ago) |
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20 August 2021 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (3 years, 8 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 20-O-30668 |
30 September 2020 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 20-O-30668 (4 years, 7 months ago) |
18 August 2003 | Active (21 years, 8 months ago) |
12 June 1998 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (26 years, 11 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 95-O-15055 |
5 April 1997 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (28 years, 1 month ago) Ordered inactive 95-O-15055 |
10 February 1997 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 95-O-15055 (28 years, 2 months ago) |
25 January 1997 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (28 years, 3 months ago) Ordered inactive 96-TR-07754 |
13 June 1984 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (40 years, 11 months ago) |
June 12, 1998 BERNARD PAUL KENNEALLY [#113160], 43, of Los Angeles was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years of probation with a nine-month actual suspension, and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year and comply with rule 955. The order took effect June 12, 1998. After a default hearing, the State Bar Court found that Kenneally committed misconduct in five client matters, four involving his failure to handle tax cases. He failed to perform legal services competently, communicate with his clients, return financial records or refund unearned fees.Several clients were assessed tax penalties by the IRS and some had their wages garnished.In one matter, Kenneally never followed through on a retrial or made any attempt to collect a judgment.In 1996, the San Francisco Superior Court assumed jurisdiction over Kenneally's practice after he apparently filed bankruptcy and deserted his law office, leaving 40 to 60 boxes of client files in storage. He was enrolled as an inactive member of the bar in 1997.Other than 11 years of discipline-free practice, there was no mitigation. |