Sacramento, CA 95825
21 February 2015 | Disbarred (10 years, 3 months ago) Disbarment 13-O-12631 |
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5 September 2014 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (10 years, 9 months ago) Ordered inactive 13-O-12631 |
16 November 2013 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (11 years, 7 months ago) Ordered inactive 13-O-12631 |
19 September 2013 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 13-O-12631 (11 years, 9 months ago) |
28 June 1977 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (48 years ago) |
February 21, 2015 KRISTINE MARGARET AWALT [#74426], 71, of Sacramento, was disbarred Feb. 21, 2015 and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court and make restitution. Awalt failed to respond to a notice of disciplinary charges filed against her and her default was entered. She did not seek to have the default set aside or vacated within 180 days and the State Bar moved to disbar her under rule 5.85 of the State Bar’s Rules of Procedure. The charges were deemed admitted. Awalt improperly withdrew from employment, accepted fees from a non-client, committed an act involving moral turpitude and failed to perform legal services with competence, return client papers and property, return unearned fees or update her membership address. She was ordered to pay $8,000 plus interest in restitution. |