Chico, CA 95927-3318
8 August 2000 | Active (24 years, 9 months ago) |
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9 July 2000 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (24 years, 10 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 97-O-12997 |
1 December 1993 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (31 years, 5 months ago) |
July 9, 2000 TRACY EVA TULLY [#166781], 33, of Chico was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on one year of probation with an actual 30-day suspension, and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year. The order took effect July 9, 2000. Tully stipulated that she misled the court by denying she had told a client he could withdraw his plea.Tully represented a criminal defendant who had five pending cases. When the district attorney offered to settle one of the pending cases and her client rejected the offer, Tully broke the news that his girlfriend was expecting twins. She then relayed another settlement offer and encouraged her client to accept it. Tully’s client said she told him he could withdraw his plea at a later time on the grounds that the news about the twins caused him stress. The client then accepted the plea offer.The client’s father said Tully told him that evening that the client had an “out†— the news about the twins — if he wanted to change his plea. When the client later tried to withdraw his plea, the court ordered a hearing, and Tully admitted telling her client about the twins but denied telling him he could change his plea later. The court did not accept her testimony.In mitigation, she has no record of discipline since her 1993 admission to the bar and she cooperated with the bar’s investigation. |