Gerald James Tiernan was admitted to the California Bar 6th January 1960, but has since been disbarred. Gerald graduated from UCLA SOL.

Lawyer Information

NameGerald James Tiernan
First Admitted6 January 1960 (65 years, 5 months ago)
StatusDisbarred
Bar Number30303

Contact

Phone Number415-621-0761

Schools

Law SchoolUCLA SOL (Los Angeles CA)
Undergraduate SchoolCity University of New York - Brooklyn Coll (Brooklyn NY)

Address

Current Address1390 Market St #325
San Francisco, CA 94102-5106
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History

18 December 1998Disbarred (26 years, 5 months ago)
Disbarment 95-O-17163
8 May 1998Not eligible to practice law in CA (27 years, 1 month ago)
Ordered inactive 95-O-17163
20 March 1998Not eligible to practice law in CA (27 years, 2 months ago)
Ordered inactive 95-O-17163
1 August 1997Not eligible to practice law in CA (27 years, 10 months ago)
Ordered inactive 97-O-13257
30 May 1997Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 97-O-13257 (28 years ago)
28 April 1997Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 97-N-12125 (28 years, 1 month ago)
22 February 1997Not eligible to practice law in CA (28 years, 3 months ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 95-PM-11292
19 February 1997Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 95-O-17163 (28 years, 3 months ago)
1 December 1996Not eligible to practice law in CA (28 years, 6 months ago)
Ordered inactive 95-PM-11292
12 October 1995Active (29 years, 8 months ago)
3 October 1995Not eligible to practice law in CA (29 years, 8 months ago)
Ordered inactive 95-PM-11292
20 June 1995Active (29 years, 11 months ago)
21 April 1995Not eligible to practice law in CA (30 years, 1 month ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 92-O-18194
10 September 1994Discipline, probation; no actual susp. 94-PM-10678 (30 years, 9 months ago)
3 December 1993Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 92-O-18194 (31 years, 6 months ago)
22 July 1993Discipline, probation; no actual susp. 91-O-04020 (31 years, 10 months ago)
2 March 1992Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 91-O-04020 (33 years, 3 months ago)
27 November 1990Public reproval with/duties 88-O-14675 (34 years, 6 months ago)
17 May 1990Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 88-O-14675 (35 years ago)
6 January 1960Admitted to the State Bar of California (65 years, 5 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

February 22, 1997

The probation of GERALD J. TIERNAN [#30303], 64, of San Francisco was revoked and the previously stayed suspension was lifted Feb. 22, 1997. He was actually suspended for 11 months, placed on four years of probation, and ordered to comply with rule 955.

The State Bar Court review department found that Tiernan did not cooperate with his probation monitor and twice failed to file probation reports on time.

He was given a one-year stayed suspension and placed on three years of probation in 1993 for improperly using his client trust account for personal banking and for writing three bad checks on the account.

When he did not file his first three probation reports on time, the probation was extended for a year.

Tiernan then filed two subsequent quarterly reports late. The hearing judge recommended that his probation be revoked and that he be given an actual six-month suspension.

Tiernan appealed to the review department, which rejected his arguments and increased his discipline.

The review department noted Tiernan also was disciplined in 1990, when he was publicly reproved for abandoning clients; in 1994 for violating probation by failing to file three quarterly reports on time; and in 1995 for failing to communicate with two clients and perform legal services competently.