Geraldine Darrow is an inactive member of the California Bar and was admitted 29th November 1978. Geraldine graduated from Southwestern University SOL.

Lawyer Information

NameGeraldine Darrow
First Admitted29 November 1978 (45 years, 5 months ago)
StatusInactive
Bar Number84548

Contact

Phone Number562-494-7516

School

Law SchoolSouthwestern University SOL (Los Angeles CA)

Address

Current AddressDarrow & Merrill, PO Box 17067
Long Beach, CA 90807
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History

4 February 2011Inactive (13 years, 2 months ago)
11 April 2009Discipline, probation; no actual susp. 05-O-03852 (15 years ago)
2 July 2008Active (15 years, 9 months ago)
1 July 2008Not eligible to practice law in CA (15 years, 9 months ago)
Suspended, failed to pay fees
28 February 2008Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 05-O-03852 (16 years, 1 month ago)
29 November 1978Admitted to the State Bar of California (45 years, 5 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

April 11, 2009

GERALDINE DARROW [#84548], 65, of Long Beach was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on one year of probation and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year. The order took effect April 11, 2009.

Darrow filed a civil complaint on behalf of a client who was attempting to recover unpaid overtime from her employer. Although she appeared for a case management conference, Darrow subsequently failed to appear for another hearing. She later filed a declaration in which she told the court she missed the hearing because of a calendaring error. Although she did not appear at a later hearing, another attorney went in her place.

She appeared telephonically at a case management conference but was warned that if she didn’t appear at a scheduled order to show cause hearing, the case would be dismissed. In fact, Darrow did not appear and the case was dismissed. She did not tell her client or respond to her many phone calls.

Darrow stipulated that she failed to perform legal services competently, inform her client of significant developments in her case or respond to the client’s status inquiries. The client lost the opportunity to pursue her case.

In mitigation, Darrow had no discipline record since her 1978 admission to the bar.