Jeffrey Martin Jones was admitted to the California Bar 11th December 1986, but has since been disbarred. Jeffrey graduated from McGeorge SOL University of the Pacific.

Lawyer Information

NameJeffrey Martin Jones
First Admitted11 December 1986 (38 years, 6 months ago)
StatusDisbarred
Bar Number125421

Contact

Current Email[email protected]
Phone Number916-984-6003
Fax Number916-984-6832

Schools

Law SchoolMcGeorge SOL University of the Pacific (CA)
Undergraduate SchoolSanta Clara University (Santa Clara CA)

Address

Current AddressLaw Ofc Jeffrey M Jones PC, 705 E Bidwell St Ste 2-281
Folsom, CA 95630
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History

3 November 2011Disbarred (13 years, 7 months ago)
Disbarment 07-O-11364
28 May 2011Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years ago)
Ordered inactive 07-O-11364
11 February 2011Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 4 months ago)
Ordered inactive 07-O-11364
28 October 2010Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 7 months ago)
Ordered inactive 10-O-04691
31 August 2010Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 10-O-04691 (14 years, 9 months ago)
8 July 2009Not eligible to practice law in CA (15 years, 11 months ago)
Vol.inactive(tender of resign.w/charges) 09-Q-13630
23 February 2009Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 08-O-13242 (16 years, 3 months ago)
3 December 2008Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 07-O-11364 (16 years, 6 months ago)
11 December 1986Admitted to the State Bar of California (38 years, 6 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

November 3, 2011

JEFFREY MARTIN JONES [#125421], 51, of Folsom was disbarred Nov. 3, 2011, and was ordered to make restitution and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court.

In a default proceeding, the State Bar Court found that Jones committed multiple acts of misconduct in six matters, including failures to maintain or deposit client funds in a trust account, promptly pay out or account for client funds, communicate with clients, release client files, notify a client that he received funds on their behalf and refund unearned fees, and he committed acts of moral turpitude, including misappropriation, represented clients with adverse interests, engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and charged an illegal fee.

Jones was charged with misconduct in three separate filings. Among other things, he misappropriated more than $50,000 from four clients and even those who were eventually reimbursed were deprived of their funds for years. He owes two others $13,750. He represented one client while suspended, collecting a fee of $3,750.

His misconduct, wrote Judge Lucy Armendariz, was not a single negligent act. Instead, “he intentionally took his clients’ funds, spent them for his own benefit and in some instances lied to the clients,” she wrote. Further, she added, Jones “has flagrantly breached his fiduciary duties.”