Opinion
S258896
11-08-2019
EXPUNGEMENT – SUSPENSION (RULE 9.8)
Expungement of suspension ordered
The State Bar of California having on the 31st day of October 2019, filed in this Court a resolution of the Board of Trustees authorizing State Bar staff to recommend, for the attached list of licensees, expungement of their suspension from the practice of law and licensure by The State Bar of California for failure to pay licensing fees, and State Bar staff having ascertained and determined that each such licensee meets the criteria for expungement set forth in Rule 9.8(b) of the California Rules of Court;
IT IS ORDERED that the suspension for nonpayment of licensing fees of each person hereinafter named be expunged by deleting or removing the record of such suspension from the attorney's record; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that notwithstanding the expungement the State Bar will maintain such internal records as are necessary to apply the terms of Rule 9.8(b) and to report to the Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation or appropriate governmental entities involved in judicial elections the licensee's eligibility for a judgeship under the California Constitution, article VI, section 15; and
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that expungement of the licensee's suspension will not relieve the licensee of his or her duty to disclose the suspension for purpose of determining the licensee's eligibility for a judgeship under the California Constitution, article VI, section 15, and for all other purposes the suspension expunged under this order is deemed not to have occurred and the licensee may answer accordingly any question relating to his or her licensing record.
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