Opinion
S250465
10-18-2018
JAMES ON DISCIPLINE
Recommended discipline imposed: disbarred
The court orders that CHARNEL JEANNELOUISE JAMES, State Bar Number 289326, is disbarred from the practice of law in California and that her name is stricken from the roll of attorneys.
CHARNEL JEANNELOUISE JAMES must make restitution to the following payees:
(1) Evangelina Garibay in the amount of $1,847.15 plus 10 percent interest per year from June 10, 2015;
(2) Yesenia Gomez in the amount of $1,085 plus 10 percent interest per year from March 30, 2015;
(3) Brook Hilton in the amount of $2,370 plus 10 percent interest per year from August 1, 2015;
(4) Jerry Braverman in the amount of $660 plus 10 percent interest per year from May 20, 2017; and
(5) Maria F. Angulo in the amount of $3,250 plus 10 percent interest per year from January 30, 2015.
Any restitution owed to the Client Security Fund is enforceable as provided in Business and Professions Code section 6140.5, subdivisions (c) and (d).
CHARNEL JEANNELOUISE JAMES 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.
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.