Juliet Catherine Ashton is an inactive member of the California Bar and was admitted 19th June 1968. Juliet graduated from Santa Clara University SOL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Juliet Catherine Ashton |
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| First Admitted | 19 June 1968 (56 years, 11 months ago) |
| Status | Inactive |
| Bar Number | 41989 |
Contact
| Phone Number | 775-832-7166 |
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Schools
| Law School | Santa Clara University SOL (Santa Clara CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | University of California Berkeley (Berkeley CA) |
Address
| Current Address | PO Box 1175 Crystal Bay, NV 89402 |
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History
| 28 January 2014 | Inactive (11 years, 3 months ago) |
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| 5 May 1996 | Discipline, probation; no actual susp. 92-O-15436 (29 years ago) |
| 1 February 1995 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 92-O-15436 (30 years, 3 months ago) |
| 19 June 1968 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (56 years, 11 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
May 5, 1996 JULIET CATHERINE ASHTON [#41989], 53, of San Jose was suspended for one year, stayed, and placed on probation for two years, effective May 5, 1996. She was ordered to pass the CPRE. Ashton's misconduct involved four clients and multiple acts of wrongdoing. In one instance, Ashton was employed by a client to represent him in a legal matter related to his divorce. She previously represented him in a personal injury matter which she settled, but deposited the funds in her general account rather than her client trust account. The client signed an agreement for attorney's fees and costs in the divorce matter, which created a lien for attorney's fees on the personal injury settlement. Subsequent to his endorsement of the settlement check for the personal injury matter, Ashton provided the client with an accounting of the balance due to him, but did not give him the funds. She kept the balance due the client in partial payment of fees owed to her for the divorce-related matter. The agreement did not fully disclose the conditions surrounding the matter and the client did not understand that Ashton was placing a lien on the personal injury settlement funds. Ashton did not advise her client to seek the advice of independent counsel regarding the second fee agreement, which constituted an adverse business transaction with him. In mitigation, Ashton was admitted to the bar in 1968 and has no prior record of discipline. She displayed spontaneous candor, cooperated with the bar's investigation and presented an extraordinary demonstration of her good character. |