Walter R. Luostari was admitted to the California Bar 16th December 1980, but has since been disbarred. Walter graduated from Pepperdine University SOL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Walter R. Luostari |
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| First Admitted | 16 December 1980 (44 years, 4 months ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 94326 |
Contact
| Current Email | [email protected] |
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| Phone Number | 818-790-2044 |
| Fax Number | 818-949-4925 |
Schools
| Law School | Pepperdine University SOL (Malibu CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | University of Minnesota (Minneapolis MN) |
Address
| Current Address | Burlison Law Group PC, 1503 Columbia Dr Glendale, CA 91205 |
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History
| 28 October 2011 | Disbarred (13 years, 6 months ago) Disbarment 09-C-12413 |
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| 6 June 2011 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (13 years, 11 months ago) Ordered inactive 09-C-12413 |
| 9 July 2010 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (14 years, 10 months ago) Interim suspension after conviction 09-C-12413 |
| 19 May 2010 | Conviction record transmitted to State Bar Court 09-C-12413 (14 years, 11 months ago) |
| 5 January 1997 | Private reproval, public disclosure 93-O-16031 (28 years, 4 months ago) |
| 31 October 1995 | Disciplinary charges filed in State Bar Court 93-O-16031 (29 years, 6 months ago) |
| 16 December 1980 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (44 years, 4 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
October 28, 2011 WALTER R. LUOSTARI [#94326], 60, of Glendale was disbarred Oct. 28, 2011, and was ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. Luostari was convicted in 2010 of possession of child pornography and possession of an assault weapon.Following a search of his residence, law enforcement found child pornography stored on six separate pieces of media, including Luostari’s desktop computer, two laptop computers, two zip disks, and a thumb drive. He had 450 images of prepubescent children, many engaged in explicit sexual acts, stored on various devices. Luostari also used his check card intermittently to buy access to child porn websites.According to the stipulation Luostari said “he had an honest but mistaken belief that viewing child pornography constituted a legitimate educational or scientific pursuit, insofar as he was ‘psychologically and emotionally exploring and attempting to understand human malice and perverse acts of human cruelty, including but not limited to atrocities committed in war time, sometimes in an effort to understand and get to the root of his belief that he was possibly a victim of childhood abuse in order to overcome the effects of such abuse and experiences in Vietnam.’â€He was privately reproved in 1997. In mitigation, he presented extensive evidence of a variety of traumatic experiences. |