Opinion
S244866
12-29-2017
EKSTRAND ON DISCIPLINE
Recommended discipline imposed
The court orders that ROY A. EKSTRAND, State Bar Number 122271, 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. ROY A. EKSTRAND is suspended from the practice of law for the first 30 days of probation;
2. ROY A. EKSTRAND must comply with the other conditions of probation recommended by the Hearing Department of the State Bar Court in its Order Approving Stipulation filed on August 22, 2017; and
3. At the expiration of the period of probation, if ROY A. EKSTRAND has complied with all conditions of probation, the period of stayed suspension will be satisfied and that suspension will be terminated.
ROY A. EKSTRAND 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 in Los Angeles 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.