Margaret Jo Lowrie was admitted to the California Bar 14th July 1999, but has since been disbarred. Margaret graduated from San Francisco Law School.

Lawyer Information

NameMargaret Jo Lowrie
First Admitted14 July 1999 (25 years, 9 months ago)
StatusDisbarred
Bar Number202253

Contact

Phone Number510-926-3005
Fax Number925-226-7504

School

Law SchoolSan Francisco Law School (San Francisco CA)

Address

Current AddressLaw Offices of Margaret Lowrie, 1011 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94710
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History

10 May 2013Disbarred (11 years, 11 months ago)
Disbarment 11-O-11333
11 November 2012Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years, 5 months ago)
Ordered inactive 11-O-11333
12 January 2012Not eligible to practice law in CA (13 years, 3 months ago)
Ordered inactive 11-O-11333
25 October 2011Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 11-O-11333 (13 years, 6 months ago)
14 July 1999Admitted to the State Bar of California (25 years, 9 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

May 10, 2013

MARGARET JO LOWRIE [#202253], 60, of Berkeley was disbarred May 10, 2013, and was ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court and make restitution.

Lowrie’s default was entered in 2012 after she failed to respond to the notice of disciplinary charges filed against her. Under rule 5.85 of the State Bar’s Rules of Procedure, an attorney can be disbarred if he or she does not move to have the default set aside or vacated within 180 days. Also, the charges are deemed admitted.

Lowrie failed to perform any work of substantive value in a client’s bankruptcy case, aided in the unauthorized practice of law by having her paralegal handle all aspects of a client’s case and failed to return a client’s file. She also failed to return unearned fees and committed an act of moral turpitude by signing her paralegal’s name to a declaration to the State Bar after the paralegal refused to do so.

Lowrie was also ordered to pay $1,500 plus interest in restitution to a former client.