1100 E Green St
Pasadena, CA 91106-2513
31 December 2021 | Inactive (3 years, 5 months ago) |
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10 December 2013 | Active (11 years, 6 months ago) |
11 October 2013 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 8 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 12-O-12246 |
13 December 2012 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 12-O-12246 (12 years, 6 months ago) |
31 December 1987 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (37 years, 5 months ago) |
October 11, 2013 DAVID ANDREW MANS [#133052], 52, of Pasadena, was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years’ probation with an actual 60-day suspension and ordered to take the MPRE. The order took effect Oct. 11, 2013. Mans stipulated that he failed to perform legal services with competence and to maintain client funds in a client trust account. The discipline stems from his work on behalf of a client whose home was damaged along with a neighbor’s when a slope failed during a severe rainstorm. In 2008, a partial settlement was reached with the homeowners’ insurance carrier for $101,000. Although the settlement required that the funds only be used to pay for the slope repairs, Mans used $45,807.50 of the money to cover his attorney fees and paralegal costs. As a result, the contractor who repaired the hillside did not get fully compensated and sued Mans’ client.In mitigation, Mans had no prior record of discipline. |