William Bransfield Sullivan is an active member of the California Bar and was admitted 7th September 1994. William graduated from Loyola University SOL.

Lawyer Information

NameWilliam Bransfield Sullivan
First Admitted7 September 1994 (29 years, 7 months ago)
StatusActive
Bar Number171637

Contact

Phone Number619-702-6760
Fax Number619-702-6761

Schools

Law SchoolLoyola University SOL (Chicago IL)
Undergraduate SchoolTemple University (Philadelphia PA)

Address

Current AddressSullivan & Yaeckel Law Group, APC, 2330 3rd Ave
San Diego, CA 92101-1514
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History

23 June 2011Active (12 years, 10 months ago)
23 April 2011Not eligible to practice law in CA (13 years ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 06-O-10610
7 September 1994Admitted to the State Bar of California (29 years, 7 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

April 23, 2011

WILLIAM BRANSFIELD SULLIVAN [#171637], 45, of San Diego was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years of probation with an actual 60-day suspension and he was ordered to take the MPRE within one year. The order took effect April 23, 2011.

Sullivan stipulated to eight acts of misconduct, all the result of failures to oversee his law firm’s trust account, which were controlled by his law partner. His focus was litigation while his partner was responsible for the firm’s business activities. Sullivan did not review any trust account statements for 2005.

His partner paid personal expenses from the trust account, deposited a settlement check in the firm’s general account instead of the trust account, and mishandled client funds, misappropriating $63,750 from one client, $69,000 from another and nearly $5,000 from a third. Sullivan stipulated that he failed to involve himself in even minimal oversight of three trust accounts.

One client waited five years to receive her settlement funds.

In mitigation, Sullivan practiced for 11 years without discipline, prohibited his partner from doing any further work for the firm, and he cooperated with the bar’s investigation.