Daniel Hooman Afari was first admitted to the California Bar 15th October 2005, but is now no longer eligible to practice. Daniel graduated from Southwestern University SOL.

Lawyer Information

NameDaniel Hooman Afari
First Admitted15 October 2005 (19 years, 7 months ago)
StatusNot Eligible to Practice
Bar Number237832

Schools

Law SchoolSouthwestern University SOL (Los Angeles CA)
Undergraduate SchoolHofstra University (Hempstead NY)

Address

Current Address9903 Santa Monica Blvd #501
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
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History

6 February 2014Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 3 months ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 09-O-16850
22 November 2013Inactive (11 years, 6 months ago)
23 September 2013Active (11 years, 8 months ago)
1 December 2012Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years, 6 months ago)
Ordered inactive 09-O-16850
15 May 2012Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 09-O-16850 (13 years ago)
21 January 2010Inactive (15 years, 4 months ago)
15 October 2005Admitted to the State Bar of California (19 years, 7 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

February 6, 2014

DANIEL HOOMAN AFARI [#237832], 36, of Beverly Hills was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years’ probation with an actual one-year suspension and until he proves his rehabilitation. He was also ordered to take the MPRE and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The order took effect Feb. 6, 2014.

A hearing judge initially recommended Afari be disbarred but he appealed the matter. A State Bar Court review panel concluded that Afari should instead be suspended after finding less culpability and aggravation and more mitigation than the hearing judge did.

Afari stipulated that in one matter he failed to cooperate in a disciplinary investigation because he did not respond to two letters from a State Bar investigator he received in 2012 until after formal charges were filed. In another matter, a woman hired Afari to represent her in a personal injury matter arising from an automobile accident. One of Afari’s partners at his firm assumed primary responsibility for the case but Afari personally deposited $9,815.55 the client’s insurance carrier paid in 2007 to cover her medical bills. When Afari closed his firm in December 2008 due to severe depression, no payments had been made to the client or her medical providers. By February 2009, the balance in Afari’s client trust account had fallen to $1,056.82 because Afari believed that all client funds had been disbursed and any remaining amount constituted earned fees.

When the State Bar filed charges against Afari in 2012, he learned for the first time that the client’s funds had not been distributed properly and tried unsuccessfully to contact her and remedy the situation. On Sept. 7, 2012, five days before trial, he sent her $13,175 representing the funds he should have been holding on her behalf plus 10 percent interest. He was found culpable of misappropriation and failure to pay funds promptly or cooperate with a State Bar investigation.

The review judges found that in mitigation, Afari cooperated with the State Bar during proceedings and was entitled to some credit for paying restitution and for his emotional difficulties.