Thomas Edward White was admitted to the California Bar 21st December 1967, but has since been disbarred. Thomas graduated from Santa Clara University SOL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Thomas Edward White |
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| First Admitted | 21 December 1967 (56 years, 4 months ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 41181 |
Contact
| Phone Number | 209-586-7439 |
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Schools
| Law School | Santa Clara University SOL (Santa Clara CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | San Jose State University (San Jose CA) |
Address
| Current Address | P O Box 917 Twain Harte, CA 95383 |
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History
| 5 October 2000 | Disbarred (23 years, 7 months ago) Disbarment 99-N-12853 |
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| 26 May 2000 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (23 years, 11 months ago) Ordered inactive 99-N-12853 |
| 24 April 2000 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (24 years ago) Ordered inactive 99-N-12853 |
| 8 March 2000 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 99-N-12853 (24 years, 1 month ago) |
| 27 September 1999 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (24 years, 7 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
| 3 July 1999 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (24 years, 10 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 94-O-16451 |
| 30 December 1998 | Discipline w/actual suspension 94-O-18614 (25 years, 4 months ago) |
| 9 July 1998 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (25 years, 9 months ago) Ordered inactive 94-O-16451 |
| 28 April 1998 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 94-O-16451 (26 years ago) |
| 27 February 1998 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (26 years, 2 months ago) Ordered inactive 94-O-18614 |
| 9 December 1996 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 94-O-18614 (27 years, 4 months ago) |
| 12 August 1996 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (27 years, 8 months ago) Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance |
| 2 August 1993 | Active (30 years, 9 months ago) |
| 19 July 1993 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (30 years, 9 months ago) Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance |
| 29 December 1981 | Active (42 years, 4 months ago) |
| 6 July 1981 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (42 years, 10 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
| 21 December 1967 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (56 years, 4 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
October 5, 2000 THOMAS EDWARD WHITE [#41181], 59, of Twain Harte was disbarred Oct. 5, 2000, and was ordered to comply with rule 955. White failed to comply with two previous 955 orders in 1998 and 1999; he did not submit to the Supreme Court an affidavit attesting that he notified his clients and other pertinent parties of his suspension from practice.In a default proceeding in the 1998 case, White was found by the State Bar Court to have failed to perform legal services competently, communicate with clients, disclose a previous relationship with an adverse party or cooperate with the bar’s investigation, and he improperly withdrew in one matter, filed a declaration containing a statement he knew to be false and violated a court order.The following year, in another default, the bar court found that White failed to maintain adequate financial records, communicate with clients, disclose an adverse relationship with another client or keep his address current, and he represented potentially conflicting interests without proper disclosure and committed an act of moral turpitude.July 3, 1999 THOMAS EDWARD WHITE [#41181], 58, of Twain Harte was suspended for four years, stayed, placed on four years of probation with an actual two-year suspension, and was ordered to take the MPRE and comply with rule 955. The order took effect July 3, 1999. White represented a married couple and a third individual to handle the sale of their business. At the same time, he represented the couple in unrelated matters and knew they were having financial problems, a fact he did not disclose to the third client.When the business was sold, White was the escrow holder, responsible for distribution of the buyers' payments and for providing an annual accounting of the money he received.Although he sent the third client itemized reports, they were either unclear in part or did not include an accounting of payments made to the couple. The buyer of the business stopped making payments, but White took no action to demand full payment. He also did not respond to the third client's numerous requests for a full accounting of the payments.When his dispute with the third client went to mediation, White did not produce complete bank records, particularly those showing evidence of nine payments made by the buyers.White sued the buyers on behalf of his three clients; at issue were the number of payments made by the buyers and White's accounting for the money received. He did not disclose his adverse interests in the litigation.The third client eventually fired White, but he still did not produce the requested bank records.The State Bar Court found that White represented adverse interests without the informed written consent of his clients, failed to disclose to his clients a personal or professional interest in the subject matter of the representation, failed to adequately communicate with a client, misrepresented to a client and a mediator his handling of escrow funds and failed to render an appropriate accounting.Over an eight-year period, White also wrote 38 checks on his client trust account to pay personal bills, commingling personal and client funds.White has a prior record of discipline for failing to competently perform legal services, communicate with clients, comply with court orders or cooperate with a bar investigation, and for making false statements to a court. |