Steele Lanphier was admitted to the California Bar 12th June 1990, but has since been disbarred. Steele graduated from San Francisco Law School.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Steele Lanphier |
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| First Admitted | 12 June 1990 (35 years ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 146163 |
Contact
| Phone Number | 916-447-0222 |
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| Fax Number | 916-442-0883 |
Schools
| Law School | San Francisco Law School (San Francisco CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | California St University Chico (Chico CA) |
Address
| Current Address | 1860 Howe Ave Ste 330 Sacramento, CA 95825-1098 |
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History
| 27 January 2023 | Disbarred (2 years, 4 months ago) Disbarment 21-O-30642 |
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| 1 July 2022 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (2 years, 11 months ago) Ordered inactive 21-O-30642 |
| 2 June 2022 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (3 years ago) Actual Suspension Delayed 19-O-30564 |
| 25 March 2022 | Probation with conditions 19-O-30564 (3 years, 2 months ago) |
| 16 November 2021 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 21-O-30890 (3 years, 7 months ago) |
| 9 September 2021 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 21-O-30642 (3 years, 9 months ago) |
| 16 October 2019 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 19-O-30564 (5 years, 8 months ago) |
| 25 September 2015 | Active (9 years, 8 months ago) |
| 22 June 2015 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (9 years, 12 months ago) Suspended, failed to pass Prof.Resp.Exam 12-O-11055 |
| 30 June 2014 | Active (10 years, 11 months ago) |
| 8 March 2014 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 3 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 12-O-11055 |
| 18 May 2012 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 12-O-11055 (13 years, 1 month ago) |
| 12 June 1990 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (35 years ago) |
Discipline Summaries
March 8, 2014 STEELE LANPHIER [#146163], 67, of Sacramento was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years’ probation with an actual 90-day suspension and ordered to take the MPRE and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The order took effect March 8, 2014. A hearing judge initially found Lanphier culpable of commingling and recommended he be suspended for 30 days. State Bar prosecutors appealed and asked for a 90-day actual suspension, noting that the Rules of Procedure recommend a minimum three-month sentence.A three-judge review panel adopted the hearing judge’s finding of trust account mismanagement but concluded Lanphier should receive a 90-day suspension, noting that he failed to take corrective action in regard to his client trust account after the State Bar ordered it.Lanphier maintained two client trust accounts – one with Bank of the West that he used as an operating account, the other with Bank of America he used to hold client funds. In early 2011, the State Bar sent him a warning letter after he wrote checks against insufficient funds from the Bank of the West account. Even so, Lanphier wrote an additional 16 bad checks against the account in December 2011, which resulted in the State Bar discovering he had been using the account to deposit personal funds and pay personal and office expenses.In mitigation, Lanphier had no prior record of discipline, his conduct did not harm clients, he presented evidence of his good character and he exhibited candor and cooperated during disciplinary proceedings. |