Barry Lee McCown was admitted to the California Bar 29th November 1979, but has since been disbarred. Barry graduated from UC College of the Law, San Francisco.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Barry Lee McCown |
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| First Admitted | 29 November 1979 (44 years, 5 months ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 89603 |
| Practice Areas | Taxation Trusts & Estates Wills & Probate |
Contact
| Current Email | [email protected] |
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Schools
| Law School | UC College of the Law, San Francisco (San Francisco CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | Claremont McKenna Coll (Claremont CA) |
Address
| Current Address | 8110 Willoughby Ct Bakersfield, CA 93313-5414 |
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| Previous Address | BL McCown PO Box 1430 Bakersfield, CA 93302 |
History
| 9 February 2012 | Disbarred (12 years, 2 months ago) Disbarment 08-O-10593 |
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| 25 September 2011 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years, 7 months ago) Ordered inactive 08-O-10593 |
| 1 July 2011 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (12 years, 9 months ago) Suspended, failed to pay fees |
| 11 May 2011 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 08-O-10593 (12 years, 11 months ago) |
| 23 November 1992 | Active (31 years, 5 months ago) |
| 22 May 1992 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (31 years, 11 months ago) Discipline w/actual suspension 90-O-14628 |
| 21 June 1991 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 90-O-14628 (32 years, 10 months ago) |
| 29 November 1979 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (44 years, 5 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
February 9, 2012 BARRY LEE McCOWN, 59, of Bakersfield was disbarred Feb. 9, 2012, and was ordered to make restitution and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. McCown stipulated to five counts of misconduct in three matters.While serving as the “special trustee†for an “operative trust,†he did not provide a trust accounting but took fees of more than $24,000 although the trust forbade him from doing so. He breached his fiduciary duties, committing an act of moral turpitude. He disobeyed a court order by failing to account for money in the trust.McCown also did not complete a living trust for two people who paid a $1,000 fee and signed and provided various documents. He also did not cooperate with the bar’s investigation of a complaint filed by a Kern County judge.The stipulation states that McCown’s behavior “is analogous to that situation when the member is culpable of willful misappropriation of entrusted funds.â€McCown was disciplined in 1992. In mitigation, he acted in good faith, suffered a heart attack and had serious financial problems. |