Sacramento, CA 95823
11 April 2025 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (2 weeks, 6 days ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 23-O-30409 |
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20 June 2023 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 23-O-30697 (1 year, 10 months ago) |
16 March 2023 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 23-O-30409 (2 years, 1 month ago) |
8 November 2009 | Discipline w/actual suspension; credit for prior ineligibility 97-O-15614 (15 years, 5 months ago) |
1 September 2008 | Active (16 years, 8 months ago) |
16 August 2008 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (16 years, 8 months ago) Ordered inactive |
10 April 2008 | Active (17 years ago) |
26 March 2008 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (17 years, 1 month ago) Ordered inactive |
11 April 1983 | Active (42 years, 1 month ago) |
1 January 1979 | Inactive (46 years, 4 months ago) |
19 July 1973 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (51 years, 9 months ago) |
November 8, 2009 ERNEST R. KRAUSE [#56343], 63, of Sacramento was suspended for three years, stayed, placed on three years of probation with a 30-day actual suspension and he was ordered to take the MPRE within one year. Credit was given for several weeks of involuntary inactive enrollment in 2008. The order took effect Nov. 8, 2009. Krause successfully completed the Alternative Discipline Program after demonstrating that his mental health issues were the cause of his misconduct. He had stipulated in 2005 to misconduct in two client matters, including forming a partnership with a non-lawyer, sharing legal fees with a non-lawyer, failing to perform competently and failing to communicate with a client.He had formed a partnership with a non-lawyer whom he allowed to be a signatory on the client trust account. By allowing checks totaling more than $104,000 to be written against the trust account, Krause illegally split fees with a non-lawyer.In a workers’ compensation matter, he did not do the work he was hired to do.In mitigation, he had practiced law for more than 20 years without a discipline record, participated in the Lawyer Assistance Program, cooperated with the bar’s investigation and had severe financial problems at the time of the misconduct. |