Morgan Morris LeBeau was admitted to the California Bar 15th December 1986, but has since been disbarred. Morgan graduated from University of San Diego SOL.

Lawyer Information

NameMorgan Morris LeBeau
First Admitted15 December 1986 (38 years, 6 months ago)
StatusDisbarred
Bar Number125830

Contact

Current Email[email protected]
Phone Number619-231-7004
Fax Number619-231-0718

Schools

Law SchoolUniversity of San Diego SOL (San Diego CA)
Undergraduate SchoolUniversity of California San Diego (La Jolla CA)

Address

Current Address1901 1st Ave #222
San Diego, CA 92101
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History

27 October 2002Disbarred (22 years, 7 months ago)
Disbarment 00-O-14655
18 May 2002Not eligible to practice law in CA (23 years, 1 month ago)
Ordered inactive 00-O-14655
28 February 2002Not eligible to practice law in CA (23 years, 3 months ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 00-O-10737
22 October 2001Not eligible to practice law in CA (23 years, 8 months ago)
Ordered inactive 00-O-14655
6 September 2001Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 00-O-14655 (23 years, 9 months ago)
19 March 2001Not eligible to practice law in CA (24 years, 3 months ago)
Ordered inactive 00-O-10737
25 January 2001Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 00-O-10737 (24 years, 4 months ago)
15 December 1986Admitted to the State Bar of California (38 years, 6 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

October 27, 2002

MORGAN MORRIS LeBEAU [#125830], 44, of San Diego was disbarred Oct. 27, 2002, and ordered to comply with rule 955.

In a default proceeding, the State Bar Court found that LeBeau failed to perform competently, communicate with clients or cooperate with the bar's investigation. She was charged with 17 counts of misconduct in three client matters.

In the first, she represented a client in a medical malpractice claim against Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, deposing her client and witnesses and informing the client the matter likely would go to arbitration in July 1999. The arbitration later was rescheduled for October and then moved to May 2000.

LeBeau did not appear for three depositions of the physician who performed surgery on her client. However, she told the client the doctor had been unavailable. She did not tell her client about the arbitration until three days before it was scheduled. Although she scheduled a meeting to prepare her client, LeBeau forgot to bring the client's deposition transcript. LeBeau met with the client the night before the arbitration, and the client was not adequately prepared for the hearing.

Early the morning of the arbitration, LeBeau called the client and said she had to give $2,500 to her medical expert within 45 minutes or he would not appear. LeBeau had not told her client about this expense previously.

When the arbitrator ruled against her client, LeBeau did not tell her about the decision. She did not return the client's phone calls; the client learned about the ruling by calling Kaiser. LeBeau never provided the client with a copy of the arbitrator's ruling.

In another medical malpractice case, LeBeau received interrogatories for her client but never sent them and so did not respond. Her client did not appear at a deposition because LeBeau never told her about it.

When opposing counsel scheduled a deposition of LeBeau's expert witness, she did not return his numerous phone calls, nor did she tell the other lawyer that the expert witness would not be available that day. When the deposition finally happened, LeBeau did not attend.

She did not return her client's numerous phone calls. The client finally called the arbitrator, who learned LeBeau had not been in her office for several months. He ruled that LeBeau abandoned the case.

LeBeau did no work on another malpractice case, allowing the statute of limitations to run. She did not return her client's phone calls or his file.

In recommending LeBeau's disbarment, State Bar Court Judge Paul Bacigalupo wrote, "It seems that (LeBeau) has walked away from the practice of law and has completely disregarded her ethical obligations to her clients and to this court."

LeBeau also was disciplined last year for failing to maintain client funds in a trust account, misappropriating just under $2,000 in two client matters and moral turpitude.