Ronald White was admitted to the California Bar 31st May 1979, but has since been disbarred. Ronald graduated from UC College of the Law, San Francisco.

Lawyer Information

NameRonald White
First Admitted31 May 1979 (44 years, 10 months ago)
StatusDisbarred
Bar Number85723

Contact

Phone Number310-415-4009

Schools

Law SchoolUC College of the Law, San Francisco (San Francisco CA)
Undergraduate SchoolLoyola Marymount University (Los Angeles CA)

Address

Current AddressAttorney at Law, 762 W El Segundo
Gardena, CA 90247
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History

8 January 2015Disbarred (9 years, 2 months ago)
Disbarment 12-O-15405
9 June 2014Not eligible to practice law in CA (9 years, 9 months ago)
Ordered inactive 12-O-15405
24 March 2014Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 12-O-10161 (10 years ago)
3 June 2013Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 12-O-15405 (10 years, 10 months ago)
16 February 2012Active (12 years, 1 month ago)
18 November 2011Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years, 4 months ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 09-O-16750
8 March 2011Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 09-O-16750 (13 years ago)
3 July 2002Active (21 years, 9 months ago)
3 April 2002Not eligible to practice law in CA (22 years ago)
Discipline w/actual suspension 00-C-10007
26 February 2001Conviction record transmitted to State Bar Court 00-C-10007 (23 years, 1 month ago)
13 June 1988Active (35 years, 9 months ago)
6 July 1981Not eligible to practice law in CA (42 years, 9 months ago)
Suspended, failed to pay fees
31 May 1979Admitted to the State Bar of California (44 years, 10 months ago)

Discipline Summaries

January 8, 2015

RONALD WHITE [#85723], 60, of Gardena, was disbarred Jan. 8, 2015 and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The State Bar Court found White culpable of breaching his fiduciary duties, misappropriation, misrepresentation and failure to cooperate in a State Bar investigation. White allowed his client trust account to be used as the escrow holder in a transaction in exchange for $3,500. One of the investors was an attorney who agreed to invest $1.07 million, after he was falsely assured his investment would be safe due to White’s involvement. Rather than safeguard the money and make sure it was used for the intended purposes, White allowed his business partner to withdraw the money and dispersed $30,000 to himself as a bonus, despite not having provided any legal services of value. When the client did not get the installments he was expecting from his investment, he complained to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which filed a complaint against White, the partner and another man. As a result, White was found liable for disgorgement of $596,400 and ordered to pay a civil penalty of $150,000. In addition, the State Bar Court found White culpable of three counts of failing to participate in a disciplinary investigation in other matters. He had two prior records of discipline. In 2002, he was suspended for acts of moral turpitude including misleading his client and fabricating a false community service letter. In 2011, he was suspended for failing to return a client file in two client matters, failing to inform a client of significant developments and failing to cooperate in State Bar investigation.

November 18, 2011

RONALD WHITE, 57, of Carson was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years of probation with a 90-day actual suspension and he was ordered to take the MPRE within one year and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The order took effect Nov. 18, 2011.

White stipulated to four counts of misconduct in two matters. A client he represented in a criminal trial asked for his file, twice, in order to pursue a habeas corpus petition. When White told a bar investigator he hadn’t received the letters, the investigator provided the letters and proofs of service. White still did not return the file, even after a phone call from the client. After the bar intervened, he released the file, 18 months after the original request.

In the second matter, White did not file the opening brief in a criminal appeal and the court issued a notice of default. He didn’t inform the client, the default was set aside and he filed the opening brief. The client’s sentence was modified, but White did not tell him. He did not respond to a request for the file, but gave it to the client’s mother six months later. He did not respond to a bar investigator.

White stipulated that he failed to keep a client informed of developments in his case, release client files (two counts) or cooperate with the bar’s investigation.

He was disciplined in 2002. In mitigation, White cooperated with the bar’s investigation by entering into a stipulation.