Culver City, CA 90232-0495
7 August 2013 | Active (10 years, 7 months ago) |
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7 June 2013 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (10 years, 9 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 12-O-13577 |
10 December 1996 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (27 years, 3 months ago) |
June 7, 2013 MARK ALAN ROGERS [#186442], 54, of Pasadena, was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years’ probation with an actual 60-day suspension, and was ordered to take the MPRE and pay restitution. The order took effect June 7, 2013. Rogers stipulated that he took a $10,000 loan from a client without providing any security to ensure he would repay it and did not advise her that she could seek the advice of independent counsel or give her the opportunity to do so. The client loaned Rogers the money in June 2009, and as of December 2012 he had only repaid $8,500 of it. As a condition of the stipulation, Rogers was ordered to pay the client the remaining $1,500, plus interest.In mitigation, Rogers had no prior discipline and cooperated with the State Bar. |