Irvine, CA 92604-3717
8 June 2003 | Disbarred (22 years ago) Disbarment 01-O-04914 |
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8 March 2003 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (22 years, 3 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 00-O-15232 |
7 December 2002 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (22 years, 6 months ago) Ordered inactive 01-O-01960 |
29 September 2002 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (22 years, 8 months ago) Ordered inactive 01-O-01960 |
19 August 2002 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (22 years, 10 months ago) Ordered inactive 01-O-04914 |
30 July 2002 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 01-O-01960 (22 years, 10 months ago) |
20 June 2002 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (23 years ago) Ordered inactive 00-O-15232 |
18 June 2002 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 01-O-04914 (23 years ago) |
18 March 2002 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 00-O-15232 (23 years, 3 months ago) |
16 June 1986 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (39 years ago) |
June 8, 2003 RAMON OLLER [#123400], 46, of Irvine was disbarred June 8, 2003, and ordered to comply with rule 955. In a default proceeding, the State Bar Court found that Oller committed multiple acts of misconduct in three client matters, including failure to perform legal services competently, respond to client inquiries, refund unearned fees, maintain client funds in his trust account or promptly pay client funds, and he misappropriated client funds.In the first matter, he agreed to file dissolution papers from a client who paid him an advance fee of $300. She paid another $298 in three more payments and left at least three phone messages for Oller before she discovered his phone was disconnected.He never filed the divorce petition.In the second case, a client hired Oller to handle her marital dissolution and to file a bankruptcy petition for her. She paid $600 for the dissolution and $800 for the bankruptcy.Although Oller told the client he’d obtained a restraining order against her husband, he had not even sought the order. He also failed to appear at two order-to-show-cause hearings.He filed both Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 bankruptcy petitions. The Chapter 13 petition was dismissed for failure to file schedules, statements or a plan. After receiving a discharge pursuant to the Chapter 7 proceeding, the client realized Oller had not properly listed all her creditors. Although he tried to reopen the matter to correct the omissions, the motion was withdrawn when Oller failed to appear at a scheduled hearing. Oller did not return his client’s numerous phone calls.In a personal injury case that Oller settled for $12,000, he did not pay two medical liens and the balance in his trust account fell below the required amount.In a separate discipline which was not finalized at the time of the disbarment, the State Bar Court found that Oller committed multiple acts of misconduct relating to his handling of settlement funds for one client from 1995 to 1997. The court also found that he failed to perform legal services competently, communicate with a client or cooperate with the bar’s investigation, and he made misrepresentations and misappropriated client funds.March 8, 2003 RAMON OLLER [#123400], 46, of Irvine was suspended for one year and until he makes restitution and the State Bar Court grants a motion to end the suspension, and he was ordered to take the MPRE and comply with rule 955. If the actual suspension exceeds two years, he must prove his rehabilitation. The order took effect March 8, 2003. In a default proceeding, the bar court found that Oller committed eight counts of misconduct in a personal injury matter. He received $18,000 in settlement funds, kept $12,000 and disbursed $6,000 to the client. He told the client he would pay a medical lien for $5,330, but he didn't do so and the bill was sent to a collection agency, adversely affecting his client's credit. The balance in Oller's trust account fell below the required amount. He also did not return three phone calls from the client or respond to a bar investigator's inquiries. The bar court found that Oller failed to provide an accounting of settlement funds, deliver a client's funds promptly, maintain funds in trust, perform services competently, communicate with a client or cooperate with the bar's investigation, and he misappropriated funds and committed an act of moral turpitude. |