Los Angeles, CA 90077
30 December 2011 | Disbarred (13 years, 5 months ago) Disbarment 09-C-10998 |
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22 December 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 6 months ago) Vol.inactive(tender of resign.w/charges) 10-Q-11473 |
15 August 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 10 months ago) Interim suspension after conviction 09-C-10998 |
30 June 2010 | Conviction record transmitted to State Bar Court 09-C-10998 (14 years, 11 months ago) |
1 January 1996 | Inactive (29 years, 5 months ago) |
7 January 1971 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (54 years, 5 months ago) |
December 30, 2010 BRUCE E. KARATZ, 66, of Los Angeles was summarily disbarred Dec. 30, 2011, and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. He was convicted of mail fraud, a felony that involves moral turpitude and thus meets the criteria for summary disbarment. He also was convicted of making false statements in a quarterly report filed with the SEC and making false statements to the accountant of a publicly traded company. Karatz had been on interim suspension since Aug. 5, 2010. |