Penngrove, CA 94951
26 July 2013 | Disbarred (10 years, 8 months ago) Disbarment 11-O-17944 |
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10 February 2013 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 1 month ago) Ordered inactive 11-O-17944 |
3 July 2012 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 9 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
26 April 2012 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 11 months ago) Ordered inactive 11-O-17947 |
30 March 2012 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years ago) Ordered inactive 11-O-17944 |
8 March 2012 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 11-O-17947 (12 years ago) |
3 February 2012 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 11-O-17944 (12 years, 1 month ago) |
19 January 2005 | Public reproval with/duties 03-O-03793 (19 years, 2 months ago) |
6 August 2004 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 03-O0-03793 (19 years, 8 months ago) |
27 September 2001 | Active (22 years, 6 months ago) |
1 September 2001 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (22 years, 7 months ago) Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance |
7 December 1988 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (35 years, 4 months ago) |
July 26, 2013 ERIK STEVEN GUNHEIM [#136486], 54, of Penngrove, was disbarred July 26, 2013 and was ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. Gunheim was disbarred after his default was entered for failing to respond to the notice of disciplinary charges against him. Rule 5.85 of the Rules of Court provides that an attorney can be disbarred if he or she does not move to have the default vacated or set aside within 180 days. The charges are also deemed admitted.Gunheim was found culpable of nine counts of misconduct in three client matters. In each of the matters, he failed to follow through with work that his clients hired him to do. In one case, Gunheim failed to pursue a client’s personal injury action, then failed to return the client’s phone messages or to return the client’s file. In another matter, he failed to cooperate with an insurance adjuster and to prosecute the personal injury lawsuit. |