Garland Jeanne Eddins Greenawalt was admitted to the California Bar 17th June 1987, but has since been disbarred. Garland graduated from Santa Clara University SOL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Garland Jeanne Eddins Greenawalt |
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| First Admitted | 17 June 1987 (38 years ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 129240 |
Contact
| Phone Number | 415-949-0176 |
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Schools
| Law School | Santa Clara University SOL (Santa Clara CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | See Registration Card |
Address
| Current Address | P O Box 1468 Los Altos, CA 94023-1468 |
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History
| 20 May 1998 | Disbarred (27 years, 1 month ago) Disbarment 95-O-17972 |
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| 27 October 1997 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (27 years, 8 months ago) Ordered inactive 95-O-17972 |
| 13 May 1997 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (28 years, 1 month ago) Suspended, failed to pass Prof.Resp.Exam 94-O-11371 |
| 11 April 1997 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (28 years, 2 months ago) Ordered inactive 95-O-17972 |
| 24 October 1996 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 96-O-00906 (28 years, 8 months ago) |
| 11 October 1996 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 96-O-06130 (28 years, 8 months ago) |
| 6 September 1996 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 95-O-17972 (28 years, 9 months ago) |
| 5 September 1996 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 96-O-00386 (28 years, 9 months ago) |
| 18 May 1996 | Active (29 years, 1 month ago) |
| 18 April 1996 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (29 years, 2 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 94-O-11371 |
| 31 January 1995 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 94-O-11371 (30 years, 4 months ago) |
| 17 June 1987 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (38 years ago) |
Discipline Summaries
May 20, 1998 JEANNE E. GREENAWALT [#129240], 54, of Los Altos was disbarred May 20, 1998, and ordered to comply with rule 955. Greenawalt was found culpable of 16 counts of misconduct involving three client matters. She also neglected to file quarterly probation reports, as required by a 1996 discipline order. In addition, she moved from her office and left no forwarding address for her clients or the bar’s membership department.She did not answer the charges nor participate in disciplinary proceedings, resulting in the entry of default.The court found that one client lost any chance to recover in a personal injury matter because of Greenawalt’s misconduct and the expiration of the statute of limitations on her claim.In addition, she did not forward another client’s portion of her settlement funds and she failed to return another’s unearned fees.Because Greenawalt disappeared, abused her trust with three clients, misappropriated trust funds from a previous client and did not comply with terms of her probation, the court found disbarment warranted.“Under these circumstances, the court cannot assure the public or the profession that [Greenawalt] is able to conform her behavior to that expected of attorneys in California . . . . The risk that she will engage in additional misconduct is sufficiently high to warrant her disbarment,†wrote the bar court’s judge.April 18, 1996 GARLAND JEANNE GREENAWALT [#129240], 52 of Los Altos was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years probation with a 30-day actual suspension and was ordered to take the CPRE within one year. The order took effect April 18, 1996. When Greenawalt left a law firm to open her own practice in 1993, she took with her a medical malpractice case for which she had been retained. She believed the law firm would be entitled only to fees on a quantum meruit basis and she would collect all other fees on the cases she took with her. But in the matter which led to her discipline, the firm demanded 100 percent of the fees in what the parties stipulated was "almost . . . financial warfare" which placed Greenawalt in "a totally unexpected financial bind." As a result, Greenawalt did not notify her client that she had received settlement funds and failed to promptly pay the funds. Greenawalt used the funds due her client to pay an expert witness in another case. She eventually sent her client a cashier's check for the full amount. In mitigation, Greenawalt has no record of discipline since her 1987 admission to the bar. |