Bruce Weiner

April 25, 2013

BRUCE STEVEN WEINER [#78533], 61, of Cerritos was disbarred April 25, 2013, and was ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court and to make restitution.

January 16, 2002

BRUCE STEVEN WEINER [78533], 50, of Cerritos was suspended for 30 months, stayed, placed on 24 months of probation with an actual 14-month suspension and until he proves his rehabilitation, and was ordered to comply with rule 955. The actual suspension shall be consecutive to a two-month actual suspension which began Nov. 22, 2001. The order took effect Jan. 16, 2002. In 1999, Weiner was suspended for failing to pass the MPRE, as ordered in a 1998 discipline. He practiced law while suspended by representing a client in a property dispute, accepting a $1,000 fee. He signed a substitution of counsel form, although he never filed it, and prepared documents which he told his client to file. The client told Weiner she was dissatisfied with the quality of his work and demanded a refund of the fee; he did not return any money to her. He stipulated that he practiced law while suspended, collected an illegal fee, failed to refund an unearned fee and did not cooperate with the bar's investigation. In two other matters, he did not comply with conditions attached to the 1999 probation: he failed to file quarterly probation reports, complete six hours of continuing education or comply with rule 955 by the required deadline. He also issued a check against insufficient funds in his client trust account. The underlying 1999 discipline was the result of two counts of unauthorized practice, failure to cooperate with a bar investigation and failure to comply with probation conditions. He also was disciplined in 1998 for failing to return client property and charging an unconscionable fee.

November 22, 2001

The probation of BRUCE STEVEN WEINER [#78533], 50, of Cerritos was revoked, the previously ordered stay of suspension was lifted and he was actually suspended for two months. The order took effect Nov. 22, 2001.

December 31, 1999

BRUCE STEVEN WEINER [#78533], 48, of Newport Beach was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on 18 months of probation with 120 days of actual suspension, and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year and comply with rule 955. The order took effect Dec. 31, 1999.

February 21, 1998

BRUCE STEVEN WEINER [#78533], 46, of Orange was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on one year of probation and was ordered to take the MPRE. The order took effect Feb. 21, 1998.