Thomas Dell Lininger is an active member of the California Bar and was admitted 28th March 1990. Thomas graduated from McGeorge SOL University of the Pacific.

Lawyer Information

NameThomas Dell Lininger
First Admitted28 March 1990 (34 years ago)
StatusActive
Bar Number145957

Contact

Current Email[email protected]
Phone Number916-439-5070
Fax Number916-962-0357

Schools

Law SchoolMcGeorge SOL University of the Pacific (CA)
Undergraduate SchoolKent State University (Kent OH)

Address

Current AddressThomas D Lininger, 720 Sunrise Ave, Ste 202C
Roseville, CA 95661-4509
Map
Previous AddressThomas D Lininger
7803 Madison Ave Ste 730
Citrus Heights, CA 95610
Previous AddressThomas D Lininger, 7803 Madison Ave Ste 730
Citrus Heights, CA 95610

History

3 April 2008Active (15 years, 12 months ago)
30 December 2007Not eligible to practice law in CA (16 years, 3 months ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 03-O-01776
13 December 2006Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 03-O-01776 (17 years, 3 months ago)
28 March 1990Admitted to the State Bar of California (34 years ago)

Discipline Summaries

December 30, 2007

THOMAS DELL LININGER [#145957], 43, of Fair Oaks was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years of probation with a 90-day actual suspension and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year, comply with rule 9.20 and prove his rehabilitation. The order took effect Dec. 30, 2007.

Lininger stipulated to two counts of misconduct. He allowed a non-lawyer paralegal to staff one of his two offices, signing up clients, conducting interviews and obtaining client signatures on fee agreements. He also dealt with insurance companies, prepared demand letters, signed Lininger’s name to medical liens, negotiated settlement agreements and prepared distribution statements.

In addition to paying the paralegal a salary, Lininger paid him half the net profits earned from cases he handled. He fired the paralegal after learning he was directing prospective clients to his son.

Lininger stipulated that he aided and abetted the paralegal in the unauthorized practice of law and he improperly shared legal fees with a non-lawyer.

In mitigation, he has no prior discipline record and no clients were harmed.