Smartsville, CA 95977
28 October 2010 | Disbarred (14 years, 6 months ago) Disbarment 09-O-12139 |
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2 June 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 11 months ago) Ordered inactive 09-O-12139 |
10 December 2009 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (15 years, 4 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 08-O-12763 |
1 July 2009 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (15 years, 10 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
26 September 2005 | Active (19 years, 7 months ago) |
16 September 2005 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (19 years, 7 months ago) Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance |
5 June 1998 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (26 years, 11 months ago) |
October 28, 2010 JULIE HELENA RARIDAN [#195857], 44, of Smartsville was disbarred Oct. 28, 2010, and was ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. Raridan stipulated to misconduct in nine matters in 2009. She had financial and marital problems and due in part to her emotional state she accepted clients but was unable to complete their work. When they sought refunds, she was unable to reimburse her clients.Raridan filed her 9.20 affidavit late, and it was rejected by the probation department because she was unable to state she had refunded all unearned fees. She also made electronic payments from her client trust account against insufficient funds and commingled personal funds by using the trust account to pay personal expenses. The bar received additional complaints similar to the original complaints even after Raridan stipulated to the original discipline, and she admitted in the new cases that she failed to perform legal services competently, refund unearned fees and committed an act of moral turpitude by “habitually disregarding the interests of her clients.â€In mitigation, she cooperated with the bar’s investigation. |