Raymond Dean Kitlas was admitted to the California Bar 25th June 1976, but has since been disbarred. Raymond graduated from Western State University.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Raymond Dean Kitlas |
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| First Admitted | 25 June 1976 (48 years, 10 months ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 69075 |
Contact
| Current Email | [email protected] |
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| Phone Number | 760-713-6360 |
| Fax Number | 760-758-1762 |
Schools
| Law School | Western State University (CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | San Jose State University (San Jose CA) |
Address
| Current Address | Raymond D Kitlas, PO Box 2745 Vista, CA 92085 |
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History
| 25 June 2010 | Disbarred (14 years, 10 months ago) Disbarment 08-O-11557 |
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| 21 January 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (15 years, 3 months ago) Ordered inactive 08-O-11557 |
| 22 February 1983 | Active (42 years, 2 months ago) |
| 1 January 1982 | Inactive (43 years, 4 months ago) |
| 25 June 1976 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (48 years, 10 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
June 25, 2010 RAYMOND D. KITLAS [#69075], 66, of Vista, was disbarred June 25, 2010, and was ordered to make restitution and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The State Bar Court found that Kitlas committed misconduct in four instances, including moral turpitude and failures to maintain client funds in a trust account, keep accounts of trust funds and obey a court order.In a case in which Kitlas represented one of the parties in a lawsuit involving ownership of a parcel, Kitlas wrote himself numerous checks from the client trust account, reducing the money in the account from $121,000 to $65,000 and violating a court order prohibiting him from withdrawing the funds. When the court ordered Kitlas to give the full amount that had been put in the trust account to his client, he paid the client only $61,000. While she was trying to reclaim the remaining amount, a $121,000 judgment was issued against her. Because she had only the $61,000 Kitlas had given her, she had to sell her house and other assets to come up with the money.Kitlas claimed that he was entitled to the money he took out of the trust account because of a contingency agreement, but the State Bar Court said there was no record of such an agreement. Also, if there were such an agreement, he would have been required to withdraw the funds all at once, the court said.The court said the fact that Kitlas had no discipline record in more than 30 years of practice “is more than offset by the serious nature of the misconduct, by the substantial harm caused by it, and by (Kitlas’) continued attitude of denial and lack of remorse.†|