Tore Bjorn Dahlin was admitted to the California Bar 11th December 1987, but has since been disbarred. Tore graduated from Santa Clara University SOL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Tore Bjorn Dahlin |
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| First Admitted | 11 December 1987 (37 years, 6 months ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 132353 |
Contact
| Current Email | [email protected] |
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| Phone Number | 650-739-6018 |
Schools
| Law School | Santa Clara University SOL (Santa Clara CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | University of California Santa Cruz (CA) |
Address
| Current Address | PO Box 578688 Modesto, CA 95357 |
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History
| 16 March 2012 | Disbarred (13 years, 3 months ago) Disbarment 05-O-00754 |
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| 30 October 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 7 months ago) Ordered inactive 05-O-00754 |
| 15 July 2010 | Active (14 years, 11 months ago) |
| 3 February 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (15 years, 4 months ago) Vol.inactive(tender of resign.w/charges) 10-Q-00648 |
| 4 December 1992 | Active (32 years, 6 months ago) |
| 1 January 1992 | Inactive (33 years, 5 months ago) |
| 11 December 1987 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (37 years, 6 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
March 16, 2012 TORE BJORN DAHLIN [#132353], 59, of Modesto was disbarred March 16, 2012, and was ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. A State Bar Court hearing judge found that Dahlin committed six acts of misconduct in two matters, including misappropriating more than $74,000 from clients and violating a court order. Dahlin sought review, raising procedural challenges that a hearing panel rejected. He claimed the bar court lacks jurisdiction to hear his case and that his stipulation was not binding.In a divorce case in which he represented the husband, the court ordered that the family home be sold and the proceeds placed in an interest-bearing account. Dahlin deposited $69,620.75 into an interest-bearing money market account rather than a client trust account. The court found he made eight improper withdrawals totaling $63,826.08 and for two years made misrepresentations about the money to third-party creditors, the court and opposing counsel.In another divorce, his client sold the family home and gave Dahlin a check for $57,531.86 that he deposited in his client trust account. Although he made three disbursements totaling more than $41,000 on his client’s behalf, he also paid $38,744.05 in personal expenses from the account for personal movie equipment rental and production and for yellow pages advertisements. He was required to maintain $11,638.56 in the account until the divorce was finalized, but it had a negative balance. The court found that Dahlin misappropriated $11,638.56 of his client’s funds.He made misrepresentations to a bar investigator, according to the court’s findings. He eventually paid opposing counsel $11,000 from another account as final settlement of the divorce.The review panel agreed with a hearing judge’s findings of three factors in mitigation: no prior discipline, repayment of misappropriated funds and lack of client harm. The panel also considered Dahlin’s grief upon the deaths of his long-time partner and his father.“Dahlin practiced for decades without understanding basic ethics rules governing entrusted funds, and placed over $74,000 of client funds at risk due to his ignorance. He misappropriated funds from two clients and used those funds for personal purposes,†wrote Judge Catherine Purcell for the panel. “He then made repeated misrepresentations about the funds, which demonstrates that his misconduct was not aberrational.“In order to protect the public, the courts and the legal profession, we recommend that Dahlin be disbarred since he willfully violated court orders and flagrantly disregarded CTA rules for years.†|