Beverly Hills, CA 90212
29 May 2015 | Disbarred (9 years, 11 months ago) Disbarment 13-O-14361 |
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26 December 2014 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (10 years, 4 months ago) Ordered inactive 13-O-14361 |
30 June 2014 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 13-O-14361 (10 years, 10 months ago) |
12 December 1994 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (30 years, 4 months ago) |
May 29, 2015 EVAN TOD SUSSMAN [#175176], 46, of Beverly Hills, was disbarred May 29, 2015 and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. Sussman stipulated that while representing a client in a divorce case, he failed to inform the client of significant developments by not telling him the Employment Development Department had levied $64,457.70 against a segregated client trust account set up to hold money from the sale of the family home. Sussman also took $20,500 from the account and put it in his regular trust account, despite a court order prohibiting him from removing the money, and commingled personal funds in his client trust account. He also misappropriated $7,430.39 of the couple’s funds and did not repay the money for several months.In mitigation, he had no prior record of discipline and entered into a pretrial stipulation with the State Bar. |