Garden Grove, CA 92841-4225
14 October 2000 | Active (24 years, 6 months ago) |
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14 September 2000 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (24 years, 7 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 97-O-17275 |
25 October 1999 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 97-O-17275 (25 years, 6 months ago) |
6 June 1991 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (33 years, 11 months ago) |
September 14, 2000 GREGORY D. GORMAN [#152716], 37, of Sherman Oaks was suspended for six months, stayed, placed on two years of probation with an actual 30-day suspension and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year. The order took effect Sept. 14, 2000. Gorman stipulated that he commingled personal and client funds in his client trust account and that he failed to maintain the account properly.He left his fees in the trust account and repeatedly wrote checks to pay personal expenses. At one point, he allowed the balance in the trust account to drop below the required amount, used one client’s funds to pay another client and wrote a check against insufficient funds.In mitigation, no clients complained to the State Bar and the clients received the funds to which they were entitled. |