Raymond Ortiz Buendia was admitted to the California Bar 16th December 1980, but has since been disbarred. Raymond graduated from UCLA SOL.
Lawyer Information
| Name | Raymond Ortiz Buendia |
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| First Admitted | 16 December 1980 (44 years, 4 months ago) |
| Status | Disbarred |
| Bar Number | 94975 |
Contact
| Current Email | [email protected] |
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| Phone Number | (619) 338-8005 |
| Fax Number | (619) 878-6132 |
Schools
| Law School | UCLA SOL (Los Angeles CA) |
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| Undergraduate School | University of California Santa Barbara (CA) |
Address
| Current Address | 303 H St Ste 447 Chula Vista, CA 91910 |
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History
| 29 May 2014 | Disbarred (10 years, 11 months ago) |
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| 22 December 2013 | Not Eligible To Practice Law in CA (11 years, 4 months ago) |
| 1 June 2000 | Active (24 years, 11 months ago) |
| 2 April 2000 | Not Eligible To Practice Law in CA (25 years, 1 month ago) |
| 30 April 1993 | Active (32 years ago) |
| 1 April 1993 | Not Eligible To Practice Law in CA (32 years, 1 month ago) |
| 16 December 1980 | Admitted to The State Bar of California (44 years, 4 months ago) |
Discipline Summaries
May 29, 2014 RAYMOND ORTIZ BUENDIA [#94975], 61, of Chula Vista was disbarred May 29, 2014 and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The State Bar Court found Buendia culpable of two counts of misleading a judge with false statements, committing acts of moral turpitude and failing to perform legal services with competence. The misconduct relates to a 2008 case Buendia filed on behalf of a client suing a bank. On two occasions Buendia sought to mislead a judge with false statements. On Jan. 27, 2011, he filed a certificate of service under penalty of perjury falsely stating that the defendant in the case had made a general appearance or had been served. A few months later, he falsely informed the court that the parties in the matter had settled. The same day, the court served Buendia with a notice that the case would be dismissed. Buendia allowed the case to be dismissed and then made no effort to have the dismissal set aside.Buendia had three prior records of discipline. On Aug. 22, 1990, he received a public reproval following a misdemeanor conviction for false advertising. A few years later, on March 2, 1993, he was suspended for a client trust account violation and for failing to comply with a condition attached to his public reproval, perform services competently or communicate.On Feb. 16, 2000, he was again suspended after stipulating to culpability in two separate matters, including failing to perform services competently or properly manage his client trust account.March 17, 2000 RAYMOND ORTIZ BUENDIA [#94975], 47, of San Diego was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on two years of probation with an actual 60-day suspension and was ordered to take the MPRE within a year. The order took effect March 17, 2000, but the actual suspension began April 2. Buendia stipulated that he failed to perform legal services competently in three immigration matters. In the first, he filed a single asylum application for a family of four. When informed individual applications were required for each family member, he re-submitted the applications, which were denied because they were incomplete. He never completed the filing.Buendia then represented two sons in the family separately before the INS. As a result of his actions, one son was deported and the case of the other son, who faced a deportation proceeding, was considered abandoned. In those matters, Buendia failed to file court papers or explain his failure to file papers in a timely fashion, paid an incorrect filing fee, and entered an incorrect alien registration number on the motion. Buendia also stipulated that he failed to properly manage his client trust account, letting the balance fall to a negative amount and writing two checks against insufficient funds.Buendia was publicly reproved in 1990 as a result of false advertising, and was disciplined in 1993 for failing to comply with the conditions of the reproval, mishandling his client trust account and failing to perform legal services competently or communicate with clients.In mitigation, he cooperated with the bar’s investigation. |