Pasadena, CA 91109
24 November 2014 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (10 years, 5 months ago) Ordered inactive |
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27 October 2014 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (10 years, 6 months ago) Suspended, failed to pass Prof.Resp.Exam 12-O-12451 |
1 July 2014 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (10 years, 10 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
1 July 2014 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (10 years, 10 months ago) Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance |
6 October 2013 | Active (11 years, 7 months ago) |
6 September 2013 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 8 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 12-O-12451 |
4 December 2012 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 12-O-12451 (12 years, 5 months ago) |
20 December 1974 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (50 years, 4 months ago) |
September 6, 2013 CORNELL JOHN PRICE [#62443], 70, of Pasadena, was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years' probation with an actual 30-day suspension and ordered to take the MPRE. The order took effect Sept. 6, 2013. Price stipulated that he failed for more than a year to pay the $5,000 balance of the unearned fees owed to a woman who wanted him to represent her in her criminal case. The woman paid Price $15,000 in advanced fees, then tried to substitute Price in as her counsel of record but was unsuccessful. After she terminated Price’s employment, he refunded $10,000 of the fees. But Price did not return the rest of the money until February 2013 after a new arbitration award was rendered in favor of the client and the State Bar had launched an investigation into Price’s misconduct. Price also failed to respond to letters from a State Bar investigator.In mitigation, Price had no prior discipline in more than 37 years of practicing law and cooperated with the State Bar by entering into a pre-trial stipulation. |