Scott Nunneley Cunningham is an inactive member of the California Bar and was admitted 26th March 1990. Scott graduated from U of San Francisco SOL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Scott Nunneley Cunningham |
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| First Admitted | 26 March 1990 (34 years, 1 month ago) |
| Status | Inactive |
| Bar Number | 145959 |
Contact
| Current Email | [email protected] |
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| Phone Number | 801-529-6330 |
| Fax Number | (801) 364-2202 |
Schools
| Law School | U of San Francisco SOL (San Francisco CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | University of Utah (Salt Lake City UT) |
Address
| Current Address | Scott N. Cunningham, P.C., PO Box 521611 Salt Lake City, UT 84152-1611 |
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| Previous Address | Law Office of Scott N. Cunningham 211 E 300 S Ste 210 Salt Lake City, UT 84111 |
History
| 14 April 2010 | Inactive (14 years ago) |
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| 14 January 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 3 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 05-O-04577 |
| 26 January 2009 | Inactive (15 years, 2 months ago) |
| 9 October 2003 | Active (20 years, 6 months ago) |
| 16 September 2003 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (20 years, 7 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
| 24 July 2002 | Active (21 years, 9 months ago) |
| 27 September 1999 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (24 years, 7 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
| 11 August 1997 | Active (26 years, 8 months ago) |
| 1 January 1995 | Inactive (29 years, 3 months ago) |
| 26 March 1990 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (34 years, 1 month ago) |
Discipline Summaries
January 14, 2010 SCOTT NUNNELEY CUNNINGHAM [#145959], 47, of Salt Lake City was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on three years of probation with an actual 90-day suspension and he was ordered to take the MPRE within one year and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The order took effect Jan. 14, 2010. Cunningham, who is admitted in both California and Utah, hired his father as a legal adviser between 2004-06. His father, David Cunningham, resigned from the California bar with charges pending in 2001. Scott Cunningham did not notify the California bar, as required, that he employed a person who had resigned facing disciplinary charges.When the father met a woman in Palm Springs who had legal problems in both Utah and California, he recommended his son. The woman hired Scott Cunningham and paid a $10,000 fee. Although Scott told the woman that his father was not a practicing attorney and could not represent her, he did not tell her he had resigned with charges pending. He allowed his father to establish offices in Sausalito and in La Quinta, at a residence owned by the client.David Cunningham told the client she should transfer her assets to him to protect them from creditors. She transferred to him real property, a Porsche Boxster and more than $187,000.Scott Cunningham authorized his father to send a letter for a client demanding that the opposing party settle a dispute. The letter said “we are business attorneys as well as fierce litigators†but did not say the senior Cunningham was not a lawyer. The younger Cunningham allowed his father to practice law repeatedly in California. When he learned the client had transferred her assets to his father, he did not take any action to force the return of the assets. He eventually terminated his father’s employment and ordered him to destroy all unused letterhead and to refrain from indicating he had a professional relationship with his son.Scott Cunningham stipulated to five acts of misconduct: he failed to perform legal services competently, inform the client of his father’s status, inform the State Bar that he employed and then fired a lawyer who had resigned with charges pending, and he aided his father in the unauthorized practice of law.In mitigation, Cunningham cooperated with the client in seeking the return of her assets and provided documents and information during the bar’s investigation. |