Lorna Christine Washington was admitted to the California Bar 14th December 1998, but has since been disbarred. Lorna graduated from Western State University COL.

Lawyer Information

NameLorna Christine Washington
First Admitted14 December 1998 (26 years, 4 months ago)
StatusDisbarred
Bar Number199393

Contact

Current Email[email protected]
Phone Number818-333-5025
Fax Number888-250-9979

Schools

Law SchoolWestern State University COL (Fullerton CA)
Undergraduate SchoolWestern State University (Fullerton CA)

Address

Current AddressLaw Office of Lorna C. Washington, 2600 W Olive Ave Ste 500
Burbank, CA 91505
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History

28 August 2016Disbarred (8 years, 8 months ago)
Disbarment 14-O-05187
8 April 2016Not eligible to practice law in CA (9 years ago)
Ordered inactive 14-O-05187
26 August 2015Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 14-O-05187 (9 years, 8 months ago)
14 December 1998Admitted to the State Bar of California (26 years, 4 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

August 28, 2016

LORNA CHRISTINE WASHINGTON [#199393], 54, of Burbank, was disbarred Aug. 28, 2016 and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court and make restitution.

Washington was disbarred in part for her mishandling of a probate matter. She failed to maintain a balance of $112,971.65 of estate funds in her client trust account, misappropriated $105,173.25 of the estate funds and failed to complete the probate matter or appear at three court hearings. She also did not file a status report or a petition for final distribution of the assets of the estate by deadline, in violation of a court order, and misrepresented to the court that she held $112,971.65 in her client trust account for the beneficiaries of the estate when she knew that was false. She also failed to complete Ethics School by deadline, a requirement of her probation resulting from an earlier private reproval.

She was ordered to pay $17,994.35 plus interest in restitution.

In mitigation, she entered into a pretrial stipulation with the State Bar.

Washington’s December 2013 private reproval was for failing to represent a client in a probate matter in a timely manner and not promptly refunding an advanced fee that was not earned.