Opinion
S258339
12-11-2019
LINGWOOD ON DISCIPLINE
Recommended discipline imposed
The court orders that RITA MAE LINGWOOD (Respondent), State Bar Number 214145, is suspended from the practice of law in California for one year, execution of that period of suspension is stayed, and Respondent is placed on probation for two years subject to the following conditions:
1. Respondent is suspended from the practice of law for the first 60 days of her probation (with credit for the period of her inactive enrollment under Business and Professions Code section 6007, subdivision (c)(4), between August 20, 2018, and August 27, 2019).
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 August 27, 2019.
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 August 27, 2019. Failure to do so may result in automatic 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.