Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
10 May 2013 | Disbarred (11 years, 11 months ago) Disbarment 09-O-11879 |
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17 November 2012 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years, 5 months ago) Ordered inactive 09-O-11879 |
7 April 2012 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (13 years ago) Ordered inactive 09-O-11879 |
7 April 2011 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 09-O-11879 (14 years ago) |
5 June 2001 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (23 years, 11 months ago) |
May 10, 2013 EDWARD SUNKU LEE [#213775], 45, of Rancho Cucamonga was disbarred May 10, 2013, and was ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. Lee’s default was entered in 2012 after he did not appear at trial on charges that he failed to perform legal services with competence, failed to inform clients of significant developments, failed to promptly release client files, failed to plead a viable cause of action on behalf of his client and failed to cooperate in a State Bar investigation. Under rule 5.85 of the State Bar’s Rules of Procedure, a lawyer can be disbarred if he or she does not seek to have the default set aside within 90 days. Also, the charges are deemed admitted. |