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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

[PDF][WORD]

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

[PDF] [WORD]

4/16/13 11-O-12820 In the Matter of Margaret Alice Seltzer, A Member of the State Bar

[PDF] [WORD]

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

[PDF] [WORD]

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

[PDF] [WORD]

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
 

[PDF] [WORD]

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

[PDF] [WORD]

11/19/10
 

06-O-13329

In the Matter of Marie Darlene Allen, A Member of the State Bar

[PDF] [WORD]