Newport Beach, CA 92663-2692
30 January 2023 | Inactive (1 year, 2 months ago) |
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23 February 2004 | Active (20 years, 2 months ago) |
25 December 2003 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (20 years, 4 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 01-O-01572 |
10 September 2002 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 01-O-01572 (21 years, 7 months ago) |
28 October 1995 | Discipline, probation; no actual susp. 92-O-20597 (28 years, 6 months ago) |
17 October 1994 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 92-O-20597 (29 years, 6 months ago) |
19 June 1968 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (55 years, 10 months ago) |
December 25, 2003 EDGAR E. SCHECK [#42369], 64, of Balboa Island was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on three years of probation with a 60-day actual suspension and was ordered to take the MPRE within a year. The order took effect Dec. 25, 2003. Scheck filed a breach of contract suit for his client, but did not advise the client of the need to respond to interrogatories and other requests from the defendants. Scheck and his client did not appear at a hearing to compel responses and were sanctioned; Scheck did not notify his client about the hearing or advise him that the defendants’ motion was granted.The complaint was dismissed with prejudice. Scheck did not notify his client or file a motion to set aside the dismissal.He stipulated that he failed to perform legal services competently.Scheck was disciplined in 1995 for failing to perform competently.In mitigation, he had throat cancer which expert testimony would establish was directly responsible for the misconduct. After he substituted out of the case, he admitted his malpractice in order to help his client set aside the dismissal. |