Stuart Reid Crymes is an inactive member of the California Bar and was admitted 19th December 1973. Stuart graduated from UC Hastings COL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Stuart Reid Crymes |
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| First Admitted | 19 December 1973 (50 years, 9 months ago) |
| Status | Inactive |
| Bar Number | 56819 |
Contact
| Phone Number | 831-443-3068 |
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Schools
| Law School | UC Hastings COL (San Francisco CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | University of California Berkeley (Berkeley CA) |
Address
| Current Address | Workers Comp Appeals Bd, 1880 N Main St 1FL Salinas, CA 93906-2204 |
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History
| 30 December 2001 | Inactive (22 years, 9 months ago) |
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| 21 May 1998 | Active (26 years, 4 months ago) |
| 24 December 1997 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (26 years, 9 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 94-O-14441 |
| 19 December 1973 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (50 years, 9 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
December 24, 1997 STUART REID CRYMES [#56819], 51, of San Francisco was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years of probation with a 60-day actual suspension, and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year. The order took effect Dec. 24, 1997. Crymes stipulated to misconduct in an overbilling case. In the late 1980s, Crymes was a 50 percent partner and president of a law corporation. Over the course of three years, unbeknownst to Crymes, his partner ordered a billing clerk to increase charges to clients by amounts that totalled more than $1.3 million. For example, time charges attorneys listed in time sheets were increased; clients were billed for paralegal, secretarial and law clerk time, despite the firm’s policy of not doing so; and a flat 15 percent of the total bill was added for out-of-pocket charges. The firm charged clients for more than 9,000 hours of secretarial work at the billing rate it charged for attorneys. Although Crymes was unaware of the billing scheme, he stipulated that as president of the firm, he should have known about it and committed gross negligence. The law firm pleaded no contest in federal court last year to 12 counts of mail fraud. Crymes currently is making restitution of $125,000 to clients. In mitigation, he practiced law since 1973 without a record of discipline, agreed to pay an insurance company $80,000, and provided 19 character references. |