Richard Mirasol Chiu was admitted to the California Bar 15th December 1989, but has since been disbarred.

Lawyer Information

NameRichard Mirasol Chiu
First Admitted15 December 1989 (35 years, 5 months ago)
StatusDisbarred
Bar Number145258

Contact

Current Email[email protected]
Phone Number713-977-9888
Fax Number713-977-0630

School

Undergraduate SchoolSee Registration Card

Address

Current AddressLaw Ofc Richard Chiu, 6161 Savoy Dr #800
Houston, TX 77036
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History

25 November 2010Disbarred (14 years, 6 months ago)
Disbarment 09-J-10858
25 June 2010Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 11 months ago)
Ordered inactive 09-J-10858
6 March 2010Not eligible to practice law in CA (15 years, 2 months ago)
Ordered inactive 09-J-10858
15 December 1989Admitted to the State Bar of California (35 years, 5 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

November 25, 2010

RICHARD MIRASOL CHIU [#145258], 50, of Houston was disbarred Nov. 25, 2010, and was ordered to make restitution and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court.

In a default proceeding, the State Bar Court found that Chiu misappropriated almost $1,800 from a client in Texas. The funds were to have paid for the medical expenses of two personal injury clients. State Bar Court Judge Richard Platel wrote, “This court concludes that, under California law, the appropriate level of discipline for the misconduct established in this proceeding is disbarment, which is the same discipline that Texas imposed on respondent for the same misconduct.”

Chiu represented a couple in a personal injury case, but did not pay their physician. Although he sent two checks, both bounced because they were written against a closed account. Two of three new checks, written against insufficient funds, also bounced.

There is nothing in the record, Platel wrote, “that suggests, much less establishes, a compelling reason for this court to recommend something other than disbarment.”