Maryville, TN 37802-6712
1 July 2021 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (3 years, 10 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
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10 June 2013 | Inactive (11 years, 10 months ago) |
1 April 2001 | Discipline, probation; no actual susp. 96-O-01740 (24 years, 1 month ago) |
13 September 1996 | Public reproval with/duties 95-O-10497 (28 years, 7 months ago) |
30 October 1995 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 95-O-10497 (29 years, 6 months ago) |
9 June 1992 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (32 years, 11 months ago) |
April 1, 2001 KRYSTAL ROSE CLEMENS [#159525], 44, of Anaheim Hills was suspended for six months, stayed, placed on probation for two years and ordered to take the MPRE within one year. The order took effect April 1, 2001. Clemens stipulated that she failed to return a $3,000 advance fee to a dissatisfied client who terminated her services, and she took more than six months to refund $450 in unused costs.She was hired to handle a divorce for a client who instructed her to do no substantive work without his approval in advance. When the client was served with divorce papers, he called Clemens for a consultation and was told by a paralegal that another attorney in the office decided an alternative path to the dissolution would be appropriate.When the client could not set up an appointment, he fired Clemens and asked for a return of unearned fees and costs, but was told the advance fee was nonrefundable.Another attorney in the office contacted the client, who said he had complained to the bar about Clemens but still wanted her office to represent him since he could not afford new counsel. The attorney said Clemens’ office would not represent him.Clemens also was disciplined by the State Bar in August 1996, receiving a public reproval for failing to perform with competence in two client matters.In mitigation, Clemens was candid and cooperative during the bar’s investigation. |