Opinion
S231410
02-18-2016
ALVANDI ON DISCIPLINE
Recommended discipline imposed
The court orders that GILBERT ALVANDI, State Bar Number 236752, is suspended from the practice of law in California for one year, execution of that period of suspension is stayed, and he is placed on probation for two years subject to the following conditions:
1. GILBERT ALVANDI must comply with the conditions of probation recommended by the Hearing Department of the State Bar Court in its Order Approving Stipulation filed on October 22, 2015; and
2. At the expiration of the period of probation, if GILBERT ALVANDI has complied with the terms of probation, the period of stayed suspension will be satisfied and that suspension will be terminated.
Gilbert Alvandi must also take and pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination within one year after the effective date of this order and provide satisfactory proof of such passage to the State Bar's Office of Probation within the same period. Failure to do so may result in suspension. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 9.10(b).)
Costs are awarded to the State Bar in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 6086.10 and are enforceable both as provided in Business and Professions Code section 6140.7 and as a money judgment.