Michael Parra was admitted to the California Bar 4th December 2001, but has since been disbarred. Michael graduated from Southwestern University SOL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Michael Parra |
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| First Admitted | 4 December 2001 (23 years, 6 months ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 216596 |
Contact
| Phone Number | 714-313-9057 |
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Schools
| Law School | Southwestern University SOL (Los Angeles CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | University of California Irvine (Irvine CA) |
Address
| Current Address | Genesis Consulting, 1075 N. Tustin Street Orange, CA 92863 |
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| Previous Address | MICHAEL PARRA 2539 E Gelid Ave Anaheim, CA 92806 |
History
| 28 August 2016 | Disbarred (8 years, 9 months ago) Disbarment 15-O-11331 |
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| 26 February 2016 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (9 years, 3 months ago) Ordered inactive 15-O-11331 |
| 27 July 2015 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (9 years, 10 months ago) Ordered inactive 15-O-11331 |
| 5 June 2015 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 15-O-11331 (10 years ago) |
| 28 February 2015 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (10 years, 3 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 13-O-16480 |
| 30 May 2014 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 13-O-16480 (11 years ago) |
| 15 March 2014 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 3 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 13-O-11113 |
| 18 July 2013 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 11 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 12-O-13356 |
| 26 June 2013 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 13-O-11113 (11 years, 11 months ago) |
| 1 October 2012 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 12-O-13356 (12 years, 8 months ago) |
| 4 December 2001 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (23 years, 6 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
August 28, 2016 MICHAEL PARRA [#216596], 48, of Anaheim, was disbarred Aug. 28, 2016 and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. Parra failed to respond to a notice of disciplinary charges and his default was entered. The Office of Chief Trial Counsel filed a petition for his disbarment under rule 5.85 of the State Bar’s Rules of Procedure when he failed to have the default set aside or vacated within 90 days.Parra failed to comply with the conditions of his disciplinary probation. He was previously suspended on three different occasions. In June 2013, he was suspended for appearing as an attorney on behalf of a party without the party’s consent and failing to perform legal services with competence, communicate, refund unearned fees, deposit client funds into a client trust account, provide an accounting to a client or maintain a membership address with the State Bar.His second suspension was in February 2014 for failing to obey a court order, report court-ordered sanctions to the State Bar, cooperate during disciplinary proceedings, communicate with clients, render appropriate accountings to a client, return a client’s file, refund unearned fees or provide any legal services of value.In January 2015, he was suspended again for making a misrepresentation in his rule 9.20 affidavit, which involved moral turpitude, and failing to promptly return his client’s file, cooperate in a disciplinary investigation or comply with a condition attached to his disciplinary probation.February 28, 2015 MICHAEL PARRA [#216596], 47, of Anaheim, was suspended from the practice of law for two years and ordered to take the MPRE and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. He was also placed on four years’ probation and faces a three-year suspension if he does not comply with the terms of his disciplinary probation. The order took effect Feb. 28, 2015. Parra stipulated that for nearly 10 months he failed to return a client’s entire file, despite being required to as the result of an earlier suspension. Parra also committed an act of moral turpitude by stating in his rule 9.20 compliance affidavit that he had returned all files, failed to respond to a State Bar investigator’s letters and did not comply with the terms of his disciplinary probation. In mitigation, he entered into a pretrial stipulation with the State Bar. Parra had two prior records of discipline. In July 2013, he was suspended for misconduct in five client matters, including appearing without client’s authority and failure to perform, refund unearned fees, deposit funds in a client trust account, account to a client, update his membership record address or communicate. In March 2014, he was suspended for misconduct in three client matters, including failure to perform, return a client file, refund unearned fees, account to client, report judicial sanctions, communicate or obey a court order. March 15, 2014 MICHAEL PARRA [#216596], 66, of Santa Ana was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on three years’ probation with an actual six-month suspension and ordered to take the MPRE and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The order took effect March 15, 2014. Parra stipulated to misconduct in three client matters: willfully disobeying or violating a court order and failing to report judicial sanctions, cooperate in a disciplinary investigation, respond to a client’s reasonable status inquiries, render appropriate accounts to a client, return client files and property, return unearned fees or provide legal services of value.In one of the matters, on March 19, 2012, Parra failed to comply with a court order requiring him to file both paper and electronic copies of claim initiating documents. On June 25, 2012, Parra failed to appear at a hearing on an order to show cause as to why $500 in sanctions should not be imposed against him. The court ultimately increased the sanctions to $1,500 when Parra still had not complied by July 16. Parra never reported the sanctions to the State Bar and did not cooperate with a State Bar investigator looking into a complaint about his conduct.In both of the other matters, Parra stopped responding to his clients, did not return unearned fees and did not provide them with an accounting or their files. In November 2011, a woman hired him to represent her in a civil matter for which he charged her $2,500 in advanced fees. Soon after, he stopped returning her phone calls for months. In June 2012, he scheduled an in-person meeting with her that never took place. That November he told her he would not be taking further action in her case and would return any unearned fees. When he didn’t, the woman tried repeatedly to reach him and eventually fired him.In the other matter, which occurred in 2012, Parra was supposed to file a lawsuit on behalf of a client against the client’s mortgage lender but failed to take any action on her behalf. On April 20, she sent him a letter requesting an accounting, the return of unearned fees and her client file. Parra never provided her with an accounting and did not return the money. He also did not reply to two letters from a State Bar investigator looking into allegations against him.Parra was ordered to pay $5,000 plus interest in restitution. In mitigation, Parra entered into a pretrial stipulation.Parra had one prior record of discipline. In 2013, he was suspended for misconduct in five client matters: appearing without a client’s authority and failing to perform, refund unearned fees, deposit funds in a client trust account, account to a client, update his membership record address or communicate.July 18, 2013 MICHAEL PARRA [#216596], 45, of Santa Ana, was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years’ probation with an actual six-month suspension and ordered to take the MPRE, pay restitution, agree to participate in arbitration and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The order took effect July 18, 2013. Parra stipulated to misconduct in five matters, including failing to perform legal services with competence, failing to promptly respond to clients’ inquiries about the status of their cases, failing to return unearned fees, failing to deposit a client’s bankruptcy filing fee into his client trust account and failing to render appropriate accounts to a client.In most of the matters, Parra agreed to do work for a client and accepted money from but never did the agreed-upon work or return the unearned fees. In one matter, he substituted as counsel in a man’s bankruptcy case and filed documents on his behalf, both without the client’s consent.In mitigation, Parra cooperated with the State Bar by entering into a stipulation. He also received limited mitigation for having no prior discipline in nine years of practicing law and for community involvement.He was ordered to pay $3,806 in restitution and to send a letter to a couple he represented offering to initiate and pay for fee arbitration. |