Tanmay Pramod Mistry was admitted to the California Bar 3rd December 2007, but has since been disbarred. Tanmay graduated from Southwestern University SOL.

Lawyer Information

NameTanmay Pramod Mistry
First Admitted3 December 2007 (16 years, 5 months ago)
StatusDisbarred
Bar Number251425

Contact

Current Email[email protected]
Phone Number213-321-9994

Schools

Law SchoolSouthwestern University SOL (Los Angeles CA)
Undergraduate SchoolUniversity of Southern Calif (Los Angeles CA)

Address

Current Address3264 Heather Field Dr
Hacienda Heights, CA 91745
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History

11 February 2012Disbarred (12 years, 2 months ago)
Disbarment 09-O-17073
15 September 2011Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years, 7 months ago)
Ordered inactive 09-O-17073
9 February 2011Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 09-O-17073 (13 years, 2 months ago)
3 December 2007Admitted to the State Bar of California (16 years, 5 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

February 11, 2012

TANMAY PRAMOD MISTRY, 32, of Hacienda Heights was disbarred Feb. 11, 2012, and was ordered to make restitution and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court.

The State Bar Court found that Mistry committed 13 acts of misconduct, including failures to perform legal services competently, promptly return unearned fees or communicate with clients. He also committed acts of moral turpitude. The misconduct stemmed from Mistry’s loan modification representation of mostly Spanish-speaking, unsophisticated clients.

He was associated with a loan modification business known variously as Safehaven, Protection Familiar Plus, Your Dreams Come True Investments and Home Loan Negotiators. The business was owned and operated by nonlawyers. When clients complained that Safehaven took their money without doing any work, and it appeared that Safehaven operated under Mistry’s name, law enforcement contacted him. Mistry denied knowing about the loan modification operation, said he didn’t have a business relationship with Safehaven and claimed to be a victim of identity theft.

Eventually, Mistry admitted he authorized Safehaven to use his name as an attorney and to use his signature. In exchange, he received $4,000 a month. He provided the bar with a list of 549 clients obtained through Safehaven and rescinded his claim of identity theft.

Safehaven had a practice of filing fraudulent grant deeds granting a 5 percent interest in the loan modification client’s property to one or more fictitious individuals. The company also filed bankruptcies on behalf of loan modification clients, sometimes without their permission. In some cases, it used the fraudulent grant deeds to further bankruptcy fraud. Safehaven also had a practice of charging clients to prepare bankruptcy petitions and then filing the petitions in pro per without disclosing to the bankruptcy court the fees paid to Safehaven for the preparation of the petition.

Although Mistry knew about the company’s practices, he did nothing about it. Judge Lucy Armendariz, who said Mistry’s testimony lacked credibility, said he does not accept responsibility for his actions and “calls his victims perpetrators who knowingly participated in the grant deed and bankruptcy fraud.” The judge also said Mistry said he had no duty to be honest with investigators because he was not under oath. He argues there is nothing for him to refund or account for since he did not personally ever receive the clients’ funds.

In recommending his disbarment, Armendariz wrote that Mistry “sold his law license and, in so doing, caused significant harm to vulnerable, desperate clients, the public and the administration of justice. And he still does not understand that he did that.”