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| File Date | Case Number | Case Name | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01/31/25 [As Modified on 02/28/25] | SBC-23-N-30325; SBC-23-O-30326 (Consolidated) | In the Matter of Rossana Pilar Mitchell | [PDF][WORD] |
| 08/14/24 | XX-C-XXXXX | In the Matter of Respondent EE | [PDF][WORD] |
| 08/13/24 [As Modified on 11/4/24] | SBC-21-O-30658; SBC-22-O-30025 (Consolidated) |
In the Matter of Linda Darlene Lucero | [PDF][WORD] |
| 04/22/24 | SBC-22-O-XXXXX | In the Matter of Respondent DD | [PDF][WORD] |
| 04/15/24 | 19-R-10150 | In the Matter of Anthony Aanand Patel | |
| 12/07/23 [As Modified Following Remand] | SBC-21-O-30532 | In the Matter of George Martin Derieg | [PDF][WORD] |
| 10/17/23 | SBC-22-O-30033 | In the Matter of Elana Thibault | [PDF][WORD] |
| 10/02/23 | SBC-22-O-XXXXX | In the Matter of Respondent CC | [PDF][WORD] |
| 08/08/23 | SBC-22-R-30503 | In the Matter of Sanjay Bhardwaj | [PDF][WORD] |
| 05/12/23 | SBC-21-M-XXXXX | In the Matter of Applicant D | [PDF][WORD] |
| 03/16/23 | SBC-20-O-30782 | In the Matter of Stanley Howard Kimmel | [PDF][WORD] |
| 12/5/22 | SBC-21-J-30482 | In the Matter of Lisa Fisher | [PDF][WORD] |
| 11/15/22 | SBC-19-M-XXXXX | In the Matter of Applicant C | [PDF][WORD] |
| 11/08/22 | SBC-21-C-30086 | In the Matter of Eric Adrian Jimenez | [PDF][WORD] |
| 08/26/22 | 15-O-14870; SBC-20-O-00029 (Consolidated) |
In the Matter of Jeffrey Gray Thomas | [PDF][WORD] |
| 05/25/22 | SBC-20-O-30310 | In the Matter of David Romano Isola | [PDF][WORD] |
| 02/11/22 Modified on 04/22/22 | 16-O-17503 | In the Matter of Derek James Jones | [PDF][WORD] |
| 05/06/22 | SBC-20-R-30300 | In the Matter of Troy Lawrence Ellerman | [PDF][WORD] |
| 11/10/21 Modified on 01/21/22 | SBC-20-O-30528 | In the Matter of Edward Shkolnikov | [PDF][WORD] |
| 09/07/21 | SBC-19-O-30685 | In the Matter of Respondent BB | [PDF][WORD] |
| 05/19/21 | SBC-19-C-30587 | In the Matter of Emil Walter Herich | [PDF][WORD] |
| 03/04/21 | 17-O-01810; SBC-19-O-30352; (Consolidated) |
In the Matter of Michael Philip Rubin | [PDF][WORD] |
| 02/23/21 | SBC-19-O-30131 | In the Matter of Fernando Fabela Chavez | [PDF][WORD] |
| 11/13/20 | 17-C-05405 | In the Matter of Nicholas James Caplin | [PDF][WORD] |
| 09/30/20 | 16-O-17714 | In the Matter of Joseph Earl Martin | [PDF][WORD] |
| 09/18/20 | 18-N-16608; 18-O-17277 (Consolidated) |
In the Matter of Dennis Earl Braun | [PDF][WORD] |
| 06/26/20 | 17-O-01259 | In the Matter of Bret Merrick Saxon | [PDF][WORD] |
| 04/10/20 | 17-C-03687 | In the Matter of Dean Edward Smart | [PDF][WORD] |
| 04/08/20 | 17-O-00833 (17-O-02657; 17-O-03006) |
In the Matter of Peter Miles Hoffman | [PDF][WORD] |
| 10/11/19 | 16-O-17807 | In the Matter of Bob Babak Khakshooy | [PDF][WORD] |
| 08/27/19 | 16-O-17302 | In the Matter of Rita Mae Lingwood | [PDF][WORD] |
| 04/22/19 | 17-N-06871; 17-O-06931 (Consolidated) |
In the Matter of Leslie Victor Amponsah | [PDF][WORD] |
| 11/08/18 | 12-N-16025; 12-O-12219 (12-O-12410; 12-O-12507; 12-O-12759; 12-O-13128) (Consolidated) |
In the Matter of Manuel Angel Gonzalez, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 10/31/18 | 12-O-15516; 12-O-15734 (Correlated) |
In the Matter of Chance Edward Gordon, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 08/23/18 | 14-O-00027 | In the Matter of Sandra Lee Nassar, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 05/30/18 | 14-O-06366 (15-O-10090; 15-O-10686; 15-O-11035; 15-O-11090; 15-O-11237); 16-O-10260 (16-O-10597; 16-O-10896; 16-O-11152; 16-O-11971) (Consolidated) |
In the Matter of Stephen Rawliegh Golden, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 04/24/18 | 16-O-11205 | In the Matter of Klayton Khishaveh, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 3/28/18 | 16-O-10339 | In the Matter of Joseph Patrick Collins, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 1/29/18 | 13-C-16396 | In the Matter of Jordan Tonya Louise Peters, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 11/06/17 | 16-R-17485 | In the Matter of Timothy John MacKenzie, Petitioner for Reinstatement | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 4/20/17 | 15-O-10406 | In the Matter of Leo Joseph Moriarty, Jr., A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 3/17/17 | 16-R-13205 | In the Matter of Steven Howard Unger, Petitioner for Reinstatement | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 12/6/16 as modified 1/31/17 |
12-O-11554 | In the Matter of Jane L. Schooler, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 11/10/16 | 14-O-00412 | In the Matter of Robert Alan Murray, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 9/14/16 | 11-O-17874 | In the Matter of Kimberly Allyson Hansen, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 6/3/16 | 12-O-17622 (12-O-18037; 13-O-11787; 13-O-12643) | In the Matter of Gregory Molina Burke, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 5/10/16 | 14-O-00482 (14-O-03093) | In the Matter of Joseph Lynn DeClue, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 4/12/16 | 12-O-12062 | In the Matter of Michael R. Carver, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 10/21/15 | 12-O-18050 | In the Matter of Malcolm B. Wittenberg, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 10/9/15 | 12-O-13553 | In the Matter of Deborah Ann Eldridge, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 5/19/15 | 12-C-11576; 12-C-11759; 12-C-12032; 12-C-12883; (Cons.) | In the Matter of Marc Anthony Guillory, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 4/30/15 | 12-J-15277 | In the Matter of Lynne Margery Romano, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 2/5/15 | 12-O-15242 | In the Matter of Clinton Edward Parish, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 1/26/15 | 12-C-15595 | In the Matter of Mark Daniel Wenzel, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 12/12/14 |
09-O-18100 (09-O-18760) |
In the Matter of Charles Gadsden Kinney, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 11/6/14 | 11-H-16868 | In the Matter of Michael R. Carver, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 10/22/14 | 12-O-12598 (12-O-13571) | In the Matter of Kenneth Bruce Tishgart, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 5/21/14 | 12-O-13204 | In the Matter of Anna Christina Yee, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 5/16/14 | 11-O-11334 | In the Matter of George Timothy Smithwick, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 5/12/14 | 11-O-17734 (11-O-18399; 12-O-12012; 12-O-13348) | In the Matter of Henry Edward Guzman, A Member of the State Bar |
[PDF] [WORD] |
| 1/16/14 | 11-O-15502 (11-O-16082, 11-O-16524, 11-O-18784, 11-O-19333); 11-O-19312 (12-O-10134, 12-O-12540); 12-O-14025 (Cons.) | In the Matter of Jack Chien-Long Huang, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 9/20/13 | 11-C-11890 | In the Matter of Bradley Lynn Jensen, A Member of the State Bar | [PDF] [WORD] |
| 5/10/13 | 11-O-11436 | In the Matter of John Young Song, A Member of the State Bar | |
| 4/16/13 | 11-O-12820 | In the Matter of Margaret Alice Seltzer, A Member of the State Bar | |
| 4/15/2013 | 09-O-11175; (09-O-13870; 09-O-14231; 09-O-16534; 09-O-16777; 09-O-18627; 10-O-00425; 10-O-09953;) 10-O-02737; (10-O-05950; 10-O-07962; 10-O-10524; 10-O-11144) (Cons.) | In the Matter of Richard Allen Lenard, A Member of the State Bar | |
| 3/12/13 |
07-O-12696 (07-O-13600); 10-O-10811 (Cons.) |
In the Matter of Arthur Gootkin Lawrence, A Member of the State Bar | |
| 11/9/12 | 10-O-05171 (10-O-05585; 10-O-06472; 10-O-07710; 10-O-08922; 10-O-10241; 10-O-11186; 11-O-10610 |
In the Matter of Swazi Elkanzi Taylor, A Member of the State Bar |
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| 10/3/12 | 09-O-10499; (10-O-03144; 10-O-09819; 10-O-10285); 09-O-12479 (Cons.) | In the Matter of James Vincent Reiss, A Member of the State Bar | |
| 11/19/10 |
06-O-13329 |
In the Matter of Marie Darlene Allen, A Member of the State Bar |