Opinion
S272767
04-07-2022
KORNSWIET ON DISCIPLINE
Recommended discipline imposed: disbarred
The court orders that ROBERT LEE KORNSWIET (Respondent), State Bar Number 77058, is disbarred from the practice of law and that Respondent's name is stricken from the roll of attorneys.
Respondent must make restitution to the following payees or such other recipient as may be designated by the Office of Probation or the State Bar Court (or reimburse the Client Security Fund, to the extent of any payment from the Fund to such payees, in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 6140.5). Reimbursement to the Fund is enforceable as a money judgment and may be collected by the State Bar through any means permitted by law:
(1) Pan Young Jeong in the amount of $7,066.66 plus 10 percent interest per year from March 4, 2019;
(2) Ji Hyun Kim in the amount of $1,033.33 plus 10 percent interest per year from March 4, 2019;
(3) Pan Young Jeong c/o S.J. (a minor) in the amount of $300 plus 10 percent interest per year from March 4, 2019;
(4) Cham Joeun Chiropractic in the amount of $4,500 plus 10 percent interest per year from March 4, 2019;
(5) Hee Han in the amount of $23,339.52 plus 10 percent interest per year from August 6, 2019;
(6) Bia Park in the amount of $13,472.96 plus 10 percent interest per year from September 3, 2019;
(7) Saenal Kim in the amount of $5,166.66 plus 10 percent interest per year from August 6, 2019;
(8) Chong Baek in the amount of $3,750 plus 10 percent interest per year from September 3, 2019;
(9) Moon Baek in the amount of $3,788.18 plus 10 percent interest per year from September 3, 2019; and
(10) Ariana Hernandez in the amount of $3,195 plus 10 percent interest per year from March 4, 2019.
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.
Respondent must pay monetary sanctions to the State Bar of California Client Security Fund in the amount of $15,000 in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 6086.13 and rule 5.137 of the Rules of Procedure of the State Bar. Monetary sanctions are enforceable as a money judgment and may be collected by the State Bar through any means permitted by law.
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.