Placentia, CA 92870
15 November 2015 | Disbarred (9 years, 5 months ago) Disbarment 14-O-00778 |
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21 May 2015 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (9 years, 11 months ago) Ordered inactive 14-O-00778 |
4 October 2014 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (10 years, 7 months ago) Ordered inactive 14-O-00778 |
14 August 2014 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 14-O-00778 (10 years, 8 months ago) |
14 July 2005 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (19 years, 9 months ago) |
November 15, 2015 ALMA LUNA REYES [#237491], 47, of Placentia, was disbarred Nov. 15, 2015 and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court and make restitution. Reyes’ default was entered after she failed to respond to a notice of disciplinary charges. Because she did not seek to have her default set aside within 90 days as required under rule 5.85 of the State Bar’s Rules of Procedure, she was disbarred and the charges deemed admitted.Reyes failed to perform in one matter by not filing and serving a disclosure declaration on time and failing to file a bifurcation motion, respond to three motions filed by the opposing party or appear at three court hearings. She also misappropriated $44,849.42 and failed to maintain client funds in trust, provide her client with an accounting, promptly pay client funds, respond to client inquiries or participate in a disciplinary investigation.She was ordered to pay $45,000 plus interest in restitution. |