Opinion
S234030
07-29-2016
COOMBS ON DISCIPLINE
Recommended discipline imposed
The court orders that RICHARD EDWARD COOMBS, State Bar Number 74281, 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 three years subject to the following conditions:
1. RICHARD EDWARD COOMBS is suspended from the practice of law for the first six months of probation;
2. RICHARD EDWARD COOMBS must make restitution, within one year after the effective date of this order, to Raman Jain in the amount of $750 plus 10 percent interest per year from March 27, 2013. Any restitution owed to the Client Security Fund is enforceable as provided in Business and Professions Code section 6140.5, subdivisions (c) and (d).
3. RICHARD EDWARD COOMBS must comply with the other conditions of probation recommended by the Review Department of the State Bar Court in its Opinion filed on March 3, 2016; and
4. At the expiration of the period of probation, if RICHARD EDWARD COOMBS has complied with all conditions of probation, the period of stayed suspension will be satisfied and that suspension will be terminated.
RICHARD EDWARD COOMBS 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.
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.