James Hadrian Klinkner was admitted to the California Bar 7th December 1998, but has since been disbarred. James graduated from Fordham University SOL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | James Hadrian Klinkner |
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| First Admitted | 7 December 1998 (25 years, 4 months ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 197236 |
Contact
| Current Email | [email protected] |
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| Phone Number | 925-272-0989 |
Schools
| Law School | Fordham University SOL (New York NY) |
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| Undergraduate School | University of California Davis (Davis CA) |
Address
| Current Address | Law Offices of J Hadrian Klinkner, 1520 Ramona Way Alamo, CA 94507 |
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History
| 9 September 2011 | Disbarred (12 years, 7 months ago) Disbarment 10-O-00806 |
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| 21 May 2011 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years, 11 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 10-H-03269 |
| 24 March 2011 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (13 years, 1 month ago) Ordered inactive 10-O-00806 |
| 10 December 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (13 years, 4 months ago) Ordered inactive 10-O-00806 |
| 1 September 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (13 years, 8 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
| 22 July 2010 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 10-O-00806 (13 years, 9 months ago) |
| 2 July 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (13 years, 10 months ago) Ordered inactive 10-H-03269 |
| 22 December 2008 | Public reproval with/duties 08-O-10535 (15 years, 4 months ago) |
| 24 July 2008 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 08-O-10535 (15 years, 9 months ago) |
| 7 December 1998 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (25 years, 4 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
September 9, 2011 JAMES HADRIAN KLINKNER [#197236], 38, of Alamo was disbarred Sept. 9, 2011, and was ordered to make restitution and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. In a default proceeding, the State Bar Court found that Klinkner committed four acts of misconduct in a single matter, including client abandonment, failure to refund an unearned fee or participate in a State Bar disciplinary investigation and he committed acts of moral turpitude by lying to his client and to the bar.A client hired him for $200 to prepare and file a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) to divide the pension of her former husband. Klinkner then did no work and did not return his client’s phone calls. When the client finally reached him, Klinkner lied and told her that he was waiting for some paperwork on her case. He then moved his office without notifying his client, who was unable to reach him for a year. She demanded a refund of her fee and complained to the bar.When contacted by a bar investigator, Klinkner falsely stated that he had never had any communications with the client, that she in fact was not a client, and had never hired him to perform any services on her behalf. He did not respond to subsequent letters and after he moved his office again, told a bar investigator he wasn’t sure he’d received an investigator’s letters. But he again falsely stated that he’d never represented the client.Klinkner was disciplined in 2008 for failing to perform legal services competently, communicate with clients or return a client file, and again in 2010 for failing to comply with probation conditions attached to the first discipline. He defaulted in the 2010 matter.In recommending Klinkner’s disbarment, Judge Lucy Armendariz said she was troubled that he continued to commit misconduct while a previous discipline was pending, indicating that the original discipline “had very little impact on his behavior and strongly suggests that, for whatever reason, (Klinkner) is either unwilling or unable to conform his conduct to the ethical norms of the profession.†|