Glendale, CA 91206
3 February 2001 | Resigned (24 years, 3 months ago) |
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12 May 1995 | Not Eligible To Practice Law in CA (29 years, 12 months ago) |
5 October 1993 | Active (31 years, 7 months ago) |
16 August 1993 | Not Eligible To Practice Law in CA (31 years, 8 months ago) |
29 November 1978 | Admitted to The State Bar of California (46 years, 5 months ago) |
September 10, 1998 LOUIS STEVEN SANCHEZ [#82775], 52, of Glendale was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years of probation with a 90-day actual suspension, and was ordered to comply with rule 955. The probation shall commence on the termination of an earlier probation. The order took effect Sept. 10, 1998. Sanchez failed to comply with an earlier rule 955 requirement and the State Bar therefore sought his disbarment before the bar court's review department.The review judges, however, declined to recommend disbarment, based in large part on Sanchez' congestive heart failure.Sanchez has been disciplined three times since 1992.In 1993, an earlier probation was revoked and he was ordered to comply with rule 955. He notified all clients he could locate that he was suspended and advised the court in the cases of the clients he could not find.He also substituted out of the majority of his cases and worked with new counsel to make sure all his former clients were protected. He did not, however, file an affidavit of compliance with the Supreme Court.Failure to comply with rule 955 normally is grounds for disbarment.The review department found "great mitigating circumstances in the physical condition of (Sanchez) at the time of his failure to comply with rule 955 and in his mental condition at the time."June 22, 1997 The probation of LOUIS STEVEN SANCHEZ [#82775], 50, of Glendale was revoked and his previously ordered stay of suspension partially lifted, effective June 22, 1997. Sanchez was actually suspended for 90 days and placed on probation for 18 months. He was ordered to pass the MPRE. In this decision, the hearing department of the State Bar Court found Sanchez culpable of violating probation conditions of a 1995 discipline order. He neglected to file quarterly probation reports on three separate occasions.The 1995 discipline order resulted from Sanchez' stipulation to multiple violations of the Business & Professions Code and the Rules of Professional Conduct in seven client matters.Considered as a mitigating factor were Sanchez' serious health problems during this period, which led to a diagnosis of severe congestive heart failure and a recommendation for a heart transplant. |