Opinion
S270801
01-13-2022
MILLER ON DISCIPLINE
Order filed
Due to clerical error on the part of the State Bar of California. The order filed November 30, 2021, disbarring KAREN BARBARA MILLER (Respondent), is hereby amended to read in its entirety:
“The court orders that KAREN BARBARA MILLER (Respondent), State Bar Number 183054, is disbarred from the practice of law in California 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) Jesus Landeros in the amount of $7,000 plus 10 percent interest per year from October 12, 2016;
(2) Romero Gomez in the amount of $3,500 plus 10 percent interest per year from August 11, 2017;
(3) Richard Koller in the amount of $2,500 plus 10 percent interest per year from November 9, 2017;
(4) Sylvia De La Riva in the amount of $1,300 plus 10 percent interest per year from June 24, 2018;
(5) Oscar Castro in the amount of $3,750 plus 10 percent interest per year from July 23, 2018;
(6) Jose Guinea and Fany Guevara in the amount of $1,250 plus 10 percent interest per year from July 6, 2018;
(7) Deisy Alvarado in the amount of $5,000 plus 10 percent interest per year from January 31, 2018;
(8) Irma Duenas in the amount of $3,000 plus 10 percent interest per year from April 25, 2019;
(9) Karen Reyes in the amount of $9,035 plus 10 percent interest per year from August 9, 2018; and
(10) Juan Flores in the amount of $7,500 plus 10 percent interest per year from October 27, 2018.
Respondent must 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 $10,000 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.
This order is entered nunc pro tunc to November 30, 2021.”