Mark Joseph Leonardo is an active member of the California Bar and was admitted 11th December 1986. Mark graduated from Pepperdine University SOL.

Lawyer Information

NameMark Joseph Leonardo
First Admitted11 December 1986 (37 years, 3 months ago)
StatusActive
Bar Number125061
SectionsLitigation
Practice AreasBusiness Law
Labor & Employment
Litigation
Personal Injury
Real Estate

Contact

Current Email[email protected]
Previous Email[email protected]
Previous Email[email protected]
Websitehttp://www.leonardo-law.com
Phone Number310-551-0949
Fax Number310-317-7261

Schools

Law SchoolPepperdine University SOL (Malibu CA)
Undergraduate SchoolUniversity of Nevada (NV)

Address

Current AddressDordick Law Corporation, 1122 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90017-1904
Map
Previous AddressLAW OFFICE OF MARK J LEONARDO
44342 Monroe Way
Lancaster, CA 93536
Previous AddressLAW OFFICE OF MARK J LEONARDO, 44342 Monroe Way
Lancaster, CA 93536-6098

History

22 April 2015Active (8 years, 11 months ago)
21 February 2015Not eligible to practice law in CA (9 years, 1 month ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 12-O-15836
2 December 2013Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 12-O-15836 (10 years, 4 months ago)
11 December 1986Admitted to the State Bar of California (37 years, 3 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

February 21, 2015

MARK JOSEPH LEONARDO [#125061], 55, of Santa Clarita, was suspended from the practice of law for 60 days and ordered to take the MPRE. He was also placed on three years’ probation and faces a two-year suspension if he does not comply with the terms of his disciplinary probation. The order took effect Feb. 21, 2015. Leonardo stipulated to failing to perform legal services with competence, accepting and continuing representation of a client without providing written disclosure to the client that he had a legal and personal relationship with a party and breaching his fiduciary duty to a client. In 2010, Leonardo was hired to represent a woman in her toxic mold case. By early 2012, the client needed more money to fund the cost of the litigation. Knowing this, Leonardo introduced her to an acquaintance and former client who claimed he would double her money if she’d loan him $15,000. Leonardo knew the man, Grover Nix, was both a felon and a disbarred lawyer, but did not inform the client and did not tell her of their personal relationship. Leonardo told her the transaction appeared to be safe because of the security Nix promised to provide. Nix never repaid the loan. The client later learned that a promissory note she signed only entitled her to $15,000 and that the stock certificate that was supposed to secure the transaction was not in Nix’s name. Nix’s son repaid her $4,000 of the money but the client was unable to liquidate the stocks. Leonardo agreed to repay her the remaining $11,000. In mitigation, Leonardo had no prior record of discipline, presented evidence of his good character and entered into a pretrial stipulation with the State Bar.