Michael Stephen Kucsan was admitted to the California Bar 26th April 1997, but has since been disbarred. Michael graduated from Western State University COL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Michael Stephen Kucsan |
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| First Admitted | 26 April 1997 (28 years, 1 month ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 187828 |
Schools
| Law School | Western State University COL (Fullerton CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | University of California Riverside (CA) |
Location
| Current Address | 1295 Fuxing Rd (Mid) # 37 Shanghai 200031, CHINA |
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History
| 28 December 2011 | Disbarred (13 years, 5 months ago) Disbarment 09-C-11956 |
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| 9 July 2011 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (13 years, 11 months ago) Ordered inactive 09-C-11956 |
| 24 March 2011 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 2 months ago) Ordered inactive 09-C-11956 |
| 6 September 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 9 months ago) Interim suspension after conviction 09-C-11956 |
| 22 July 2010 | Conviction record transmitted to State Bar Court 09-C-11956 (14 years, 11 months ago) |
| 16 April 2009 | Inactive (16 years, 2 months ago) |
| 3 September 2008 | Active (16 years, 9 months ago) |
| 19 June 2000 | Inactive (25 years ago) |
| 26 April 1997 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (28 years, 1 month ago) |
Discipline Summaries
December 28, 2011 MICHAEL STEPHEN KUCSAN, 41, of Atlanta, Ga., was disbarred Dec. 28, 2011, and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. Kucsan was convicted of felony stalking, with a hate crime enhancement, and misdemeanor making phone calls with the intent to annoy. In a default proceeding, the State Bar Court found that the convictions involved moral turpitude warranting disbarment.The bar court’s review department denied the bar’s motion for summary disbarment in 2010, and referred the convictions to the hearing department for a moral turpitude determination.Over a three-year period, Kucsan repeatedly called and hung up on a woman who was once one of his supervisors at the Riverside County courthouse. He called 10 times a day, stopped for a short time and began again. The victim was reassigned to a different courthouse and had her work number changed when she began to fear for her safety. During the third year of calls, Kucsan spoke to the victim for the first time, telling her “something to the effect that ‘you may be able to pass as white on the outside, but I know you are black as the ace of spades,’†according to the disbarment recommendation. He also told the woman that caller ID could be blocked, which convinced her he intended harm.A unit of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, which investigates crimes against court employees, put a wire tap on the victim’s phone and obtained telephone company records that led to Kucsan, who eventually confessed. He first lied about his identity and denied his guilt. |