Mylik R Harrington was admitted to the California Bar 5th June 2001, but has since been disbarred. Mylik graduated from Pepperdine University SOL.

Lawyer Information

NameMylik R Harrington
First Admitted5 June 2001 (22 years, 11 months ago)
StatusDisbarred
Bar Number213894

Contact

Current Email[email protected]
Phone Number213-251-1024
Fax Number213-251-1009

Schools

Law SchoolPepperdine University SOL (Malibu CA)
Undergraduate SchoolBoston University (Boston MA)

Address

Current AddressHarrington & Associates, 3350 Wilshire Blvd #730
Los Angeles, CA 90010
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History

12 March 2006Disbarred (18 years, 1 month ago)
Disbarment 04-O-13387
20 November 2005Not eligible to practice law in CA (18 years, 5 months ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 04-O-10556
23 September 2005Not eligible to practice law in CA (18 years, 7 months ago)
Ordered inactive 04-O-13387
16 September 2005Not eligible to practice law in CA (18 years, 7 months ago)
Suspended, failed to pay fees
1 August 2005Not eligible to practice law in CA (18 years, 9 months ago)
Ordered inactive 04-O-13062
17 June 2005Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 04-O-13062 (18 years, 10 months ago)
12 June 2005Not eligible to practice law in CA (18 years, 10 months ago)
Ordered inactive 04-O-13387
24 May 2005Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 05-O-00500 (18 years, 11 months ago)
22 March 2005Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 04-O-14533 (19 years, 1 month ago)
26 February 2005Not eligible to practice law in CA (19 years, 2 months ago)
Ordered inactive 04-O-10556
11 February 2005Not eligible to practice law in CA (19 years, 2 months ago)
Ordered inactive 04-O-14115
15 January 2005Not eligible to practice law in CA (19 years, 3 months ago)
Ordered inactive 04-O-11575
3 December 2004Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 04-O-14115 (19 years, 5 months ago)
1 November 2004Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 04-O-11575 (19 years, 6 months ago)
22 July 2004Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 04-O-11660 (19 years, 9 months ago)
22 June 2004Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 04-O-10556 (19 years, 10 months ago)
1 October 2003Active (20 years, 7 months ago)
16 September 2003Not eligible to practice law in CA (20 years, 7 months ago)
Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance
5 June 2001Admitted to the State Bar of California (22 years, 11 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

March 12, 2006

MYLIK L. HARRINGTON [#213894], 31, of Los Angeles was disbarred March 12, 2006, and was ordered to comply with rule 955 of the California Rules of Court.

The State Bar Court found that Harrington committed 22 acts of misconduct in four consolidated cases. Harrington did not participate in the proceedings.

He was hired by the mother of a criminal defendant to represent her son. He appeared at the man’s arraignment and at a preliminary hearing, but told the mother that another attorney would attend a hearing because he was too busy. The mother asked if Harrington planned to continue working on the case and said if not, she wanted a refund. Harrington told her not to call him again and hung up on her. He had not returned any of her previous phone calls.

The mother hired a new attorney, but he was unable to obtain the client’s file. Harrington did not refund any unearned fees.

In another criminal matter, Harrington attended his client’s preliminary hearing, but the man was represented by a public defender. Harrington never substituted in and did not appear at three hearings. Eventually, the client hired a new lawyer and asked for a refund of the $3,500 advanced fee.

Harrington refunded only part of the fee, saying there was a $150 charge for the initial consultation (that he originally said was free), $1,000 for a four-hour jail visit with the client, and $375 for a one-and-a-half hour meeting with the public defender at the preliminary hearing. He waived half of those charges, but the court found that the fee was excessive and he did not earn any of the fees paid on his client’s behalf.

In the third matter, a client paid him $1,000 to incorporate his business. After Harrington sent the client a partnership agreement that he said had to be completed before the incorporation could be accomplished, the client called him more than 30 times without receiving a response. Harrington never incorporated the business or refunded the advanced fee.

In the last matter, he represented an incarcerated client on a probation violation, charging a $15,000 flat fee for representation “to the conclusion of trial.” Another individual served as liaison between Harrington and the client; she paid him $15,000 as advanced legal fees. The client authorized Harrington to sell his car to the other individual for $20,500 and he put the money in his client trust account.

The client then fired Harrington and hired a new lawyer. Harrington returned only $10,000 from the proceeds of the sale of the car and misappropriated the rest. He also didn’t refund any of the advanced fees, although he provided no services of any value.

In recommending Harrington’s disbarment, Judge Robert M. Talcott said that since his 2001 admission to the bar, Harrington “has demonstrated a pattern of not performing services or communicating with clients or returning unearned fees or cooperating with the State Bar’s investigation of alleged misconduct.”

Harrington also was disciplined last year for misconduct in four client matters.

November 20, 2005

MYLIK R. HARRINGTON [#213894], 31, of Los Angeles was suspended for two years, stayed, actually suspended for one year and until he makes restitution and the State Bar Court grants a motion to terminate the suspension, and he was ordered to take the MPRE and comply with rule 955. If the actual suspension exceeds two years, he must prove his rehabilitation. The order took effect Nov. 20, 2005.

In a default proceeding, the bar court found that Harrington committed 14 acts of misconduct in four client matters.

In the first, the mother of a prison inmate hired Harrington to file a writ of habeas corpus for her son and paid a $15,000 advance fee. He did not return numerous phone calls, but finally told the client he had personal problems and was having trouble obtaining clearance to visit her son. The mother fired Harrington 16 months after hiring him and sought a refund of her fee. Harrington did not return the money or provide any services of value.

The court found that he failed to perform legal services competently, communicate with a client, refund unearned fees, maintain a current address with the bar or cooperate with the bar’s investigation.

In a second matter, Harrington received a $3,500 fee to represent a couple in a civil action. They had been acting in pro per and Harrington never filed a substitution of attorney. Opposing counsel told the couple he would direct all communications to them because Harrington had not responded to his phone calls or letters.

The clients fired Harrington and asked for a refund, but he said he was trying to settle their case. They left 27 telephone messages over the next few weeks, without a response. Summary judgment was entered against them.

Harrington agreed to refund $2,000, most of an advance fee in a criminal case, when he was terminated, but the client agreed he could keep $750 of that amount to work on a separate matter — to obtain the release of confiscated money. He neither got the money back nor returned the $750. He did write a refund check for $1,250, but it bounced.

In the last matter, also a criminal case, Harrington did not return 28 phone calls from his client and did not return her medical records when she asked for them. She eventually fired him and sought a refund of her $3,500 fee, but he did not return any money.