Chatsworth, CA 91311-6094
6 June 2001 | Resigned (24 years ago) Resignation with charges pending 01-Q-01322 |
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13 April 2001 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (24 years, 2 months ago) Vol.inactive(tender of resign.w/charges) 01-Q-01322 |
6 November 2000 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (24 years, 7 months ago) Suspended, failed to pass Prof.Resp.Exam 94-N-15393 |
17 September 1999 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (25 years, 9 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 94-N-15393 |
2 June 1994 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (31 years ago) |
1 January 1990 | Inactive (35 years, 5 months ago) |
5 January 1972 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (53 years, 5 months ago) |
September 17, 1999 DAVID MARTIN AGNEW [#49991], 53, of Westlake Village was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on probation for two years with an actual 60-day suspension, and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year. The order took effect Sept. 17, 1999. Agnew was placed on interim suspension in 1994, following a conviction for conspiracy to transport, distribute or import marijuana. At the time, he was ordered to comply with rule 955 of the California Rules of Court by notifying all clients, opposing counsel and other pertinent parties of his suspension and submitting an affidavit to the Supreme Court stating that he had made the notifications. He filed the affidavit two months late, immediately following a status conference with a bar court judge. The new discipline is based on a finding that he wilfully violated rule 955.Agnew argued that he thought the public would not be harmed if he failed to submit an affidavit. He is physically disabled by a severe spinal injury, terminated his law practice in 1989, has been an inactive member of the bar since 1990, and has no clients or cases.He also believed he had to have an affidavit notarized, requiring him “to crawl to a notary public†and exacerbate his medical condition.In mitigation, Agnew has no record of discipline in 22 years of practice. His chronic spinal problems also were seen as mitigating.Because the hearing judge did not order Agnew to submit quarterly probation reports, the bar appealed to the review department, but it declined to add further probationary requirements. |