Opinion
S250459
10-18-2018
CASTILLO ON DISCIPLINE
Recommended discipline imposed: disbarred
The court orders that GABRIEL GERARDO CASTILLO, State Bar Number 256748, is disbarred from the practice of law in California and that his name is stricken from the roll of attorneys.
GABRIEL GERARDO CASTILLO must make restitution to the following payees:
(1) Lluviana Ruiz in the amount of $2,000 plus 10 percent interest per year from November 30, 2015;
(2) Maria Ramirez in the amount of $1,500 plus 10 percent interest per year from October 26, 2016;
(3) Francisca Juarez Munoz in the amount of $1,500 plus 10 percent interest per year from December 1, 2016;
(4) Laura Alicia Centeno-Calderon in the amount of $3,000 plus 10 percent interest per year from December 13, 2016;
(5) Lucia Jimenez-Cruz in the amount of $1,500 plus 10 percent interest per year from February 27, 2017; and
(6) Blanca Pacheco in the amount of $2,600 plus 10 percent interest per year from November 23, 2016.
Any restitution owed to the Client Security Fund is enforceable as provided in Business and Professions Code section 6140.5, subdivisions (c) and (d).
GABRIEL GERARDO CASTILLO must also comply with California Rules of Court, rule 9.20, and perform the acts specified in subdivisions (a) and (c) of that rule within 30 and 40 calendar days, respectively, after the effective date of this order.
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.