John Christen Torjesen was first admitted to the California Bar 25th August 1989, but is now no longer eligible to practice. John graduated from Southern Illinois University SOL.

Lawyer Information

NameJohn Christen Torjesen
First Admitted25 August 1989 (35 years, 8 months ago)
StatusNot Eligible to Practice
Bar Number141664

Contact

Current Email[email protected]
Phone Number(310) 440-0005

Schools

Law SchoolSouthern Illinois University SOL (Carbondale IL)
Undergraduate SchoolWheaton Coll (Wheaton IL)

Address

Current Address4312 N 8th St
Tacoma, WA 98406-4021
Map
Previous AddressJOHN C TORJESEN
907 Westwood Blvd # 390
Los Angeles, CA 90024-2904
Previous Address907 Westwood Blvd # 390
Los Angeles, CA 90024-2904

History

25 February 2018Not eligible to practice law in CA (7 years, 2 months ago)
Ordered inactive
5 June 2017Not eligible to practice law in CA (7 years, 11 months ago)
Vol.inactive(tender of resign.w/charges) 17-Q-03226
10 February 2017Discipline, probation; no actual susp. 15-O-15228 (8 years, 2 months ago)
21 November 2016Not eligible to practice law in CA (8 years, 5 months ago)
Suspended, failed to pass Prof.Resp.Exam 13-O-16844
1 July 2016Not eligible to practice law in CA (8 years, 10 months ago)
Suspended, failed to pay fees
20 June 2016Not eligible to practice law in CA (8 years, 10 months ago)
Suspended, failed to pass Prof.Resp.Exam 13-O-16844
19 May 2015Active (9 years, 11 months ago)
19 April 2015Not eligible to practice law in CA (10 years ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 13-O-16844
21 November 2013Public reproval with/duties 12-O-17005 (11 years, 5 months ago)
15 October 2013Active (11 years, 6 months ago)
23 September 2013Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 7 months ago)
Suspended/Child & Fam Supp noncompliance
23 July 2013Active (11 years, 9 months ago)
3 July 2013Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 12-O-17005 (11 years, 10 months ago)
2 July 2013Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 10 months ago)
Suspended, failed to pay fees
18 January 2013Active (12 years, 3 months ago)
14 January 2013Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years, 3 months ago)
Suspended/Child & Fam Supp noncompliance
24 October 1990Active (34 years, 6 months ago)
1 January 1990Inactive (35 years, 4 months ago)
25 August 1989Admitted to the State Bar of California (35 years, 8 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

April 19, 2015

JOHN CHRISTEN TORJESEN [#141664], 62, of Los Angeles, was suspended from the practice of law for 30 days and ordered to take the MPRE. He was also placed on two years’ probation and faces a one-year suspension if he does not comply with the terms of his disciplinary probation. The order took effect April 19, 2015.

Torjesen stipulated that in 2013 he practiced law in three matters without confirming that his license to practice law had been reinstated after an administrative suspension.

In one matter, Torjesen was representing a client in a civil action and signed and filed notices of ruling and appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on behalf of his client when his license was suspended. In another matter, he represented a woman in her divorce trial while suspended, which led the judge to order a mistrial. In the third, he wrote a letter to opposing counsel which included a legal analysis of damages and appeared at a deposition in the matter while suspended. He also failed to meet a deadline for reporting $2,000 in sanctions to the State Bar.

In mitigation, Torjesen presented evidence of his good character, entered into a prefiling stipulation with the State Bar and held the “honest and reasonable belief that when he acted to rectify his administrative suspension he would be immediately returned to active status.”

Torjesen had one prior record of discipline, a 2013 private reproval for failing to tell one client his case had been dismissed and failing to provide an appropriate accounting of funds he was holding on behalf of another client.