Costa Mesa, CA 92626-3912
1 July 2022 | Disbarred (2 years, 10 months ago) Disbarment 21-O-30473 |
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28 January 2022 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (3 years, 3 months ago) Ordered inactive 21-O-30473 |
24 June 2021 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 21-O-30473 (3 years, 10 months ago) |
2 October 2012 | Active (12 years, 7 months ago) |
4 July 2012 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years, 10 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 11-O-10059 |
6 January 1999 | Active (26 years, 4 months ago) |
8 October 1998 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (26 years, 7 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 96-O-05028 |
13 June 1997 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 96-O-05028 (27 years, 10 months ago) |
20 December 1974 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (50 years, 4 months ago) |
July 4, 2012 PETER L. NISSON, 62, of Laguna Beach was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years of probation with a 90-day actual suspension, and he was ordered to take the MPRE and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The order took effect July 4, 2012. Nisson stipulated to five acts of misconduct in three loan modification cases. In each matter, he violated state law by accepting an advance fee for the work before it was performed. He stipulated in one matter that he also failed to perform legal services competently or refund an unearned fee.Nisson was suspended in 1998 for failing to promptly pay out client funds or deposit client funds in a client trust account.In mitigation, he cooperated with the bar’s investigation and demonstrated remorse. |