Opinion
S265537
04-07-2021
HARRIS ON DISCIPLINE
Order filed
Due to clerical error on the part of the State Bar of California. The order filed March 1, 2021, suspending JAMIE NICHOLE HARRIS, is hereby amended to read in its entirety:
“The court orders that JAMIE NICHOLE HARRIS (Respondent), State Bar Number 255826, is suspended from the practice of law in California for two years, execution of that period of suspension is stayed, and Respondent is placed on probation for five years subject to the following conditions:
1. Respondent is suspended from the practice of law for a minimum of the first two years of probation, and Respondent will remain suspended until the following requirements are satisfied:
i. Respondent makes restitution to Monnica Williams, or such other recipient as may be designated by the Office of Probation or the State Bar Court, in the amount of $30,576.63 plus 10 percent interest per year from April 1, 2012 (or reimburses the Client Security Fund, to the extent of any payment from the Fund to such payee, in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 6140.5) and furnishes satisfactory proof to the State Bar's Office of Probation in Los Angeles. Reimbursement to the Fund is enforceable as a money judgment and may be collected by the State Bar through any means permitted by law; and
ii. Respondent provides proof to the State Bar Court of rehabilitation, fitness to practice and present learning and ability in the general law. (Rules Proc. of State Bar, tit. IV, Stds. For Atty. Sanctions for Prof. Misconduct, std. 1.2(c)(1).)
2. Respondent must also comply with the other conditions of probation recommended by the Review Department of the State Bar Court in its Opinion filed on September 22, 2020.
3. At the expiration of the period of probation, if Respondent has complied with all conditions of probation, the period of stayed suspension will be satisfied, and that suspension will be terminated.
Respondent must provide to the State Bar's Office of Probation proof of taking and passing the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination as recommended by the Review Department in its Opinion filed on September 22, 2020. Failure to do so may result in suspension. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 9.10(b).)
Respondent 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. Failure to do so may result in disbarment or suspension.
Respondent must also maintain the records of compliance as required by the conditions of probation.
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, and may be collected by the State Bar through any means permitted by law.
This order is entered nunc pro tunc to March 1, 2021.”