Folsom, CA 95630
3 November 2011 | Disbarred (13 years, 7 months ago) Disbarment 07-O-11364 |
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28 May 2011 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years ago) Ordered inactive 07-O-11364 |
11 February 2011 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 4 months ago) Ordered inactive 07-O-11364 |
28 October 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 7 months ago) Ordered inactive 10-O-04691 |
31 August 2010 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 10-O-04691 (14 years, 9 months ago) |
8 July 2009 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (15 years, 11 months ago) Vol.inactive(tender of resign.w/charges) 09-Q-13630 |
23 February 2009 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 08-O-13242 (16 years, 3 months ago) |
3 December 2008 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 07-O-11364 (16 years, 6 months ago) |
11 December 1986 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (38 years, 6 months ago) |
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.†|