Tempe, AZ 85281-0021
28 May 2003 | Disbarred (22 years ago) Disbarment 01-J-03997 |
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9 November 2002 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (22 years, 7 months ago) Ordered inactive 01-J-03997 |
11 August 2002 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (22 years, 10 months ago) Ordered inactive 01-J-03997 |
4 December 2001 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 01-J-03997 (23 years, 6 months ago) |
12 June 1992 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (33 years ago) |
May 28, 2003 CONNIE RAE ZAKRAJSEK [#159422], 45, of Tempe, Ariz., was disbarred May 28, 2003, and ordered to comply with rule 955. Zakrajsek was disbarred in Illinois in 2000. The State Bar Court determined that her misconduct there would subject her to discipline in California.Her actions constituted 49 acts of misconduct in 19 client matters, including failure to perform competently, maintain client funds in trust, notify clients that she received settlement funds, pay out client funds upon request, return client files, comply with a court order, respond to a client’s status inquiries or maintain only just actions. She also misappropriated 10 clients’ funds, committing acts of moral turpitude.Several clients’ cases were dismissed or judgments were entered against them because of Zakrajsek’s actions. |