Opinion
S268640
07-21-2021
SHEEN ON DISCIPLINE
Recommended discipline imposed
The court orders that DAVID SHIH-KUN SHEEN (Respondent), State Bar Number 215625, is suspended from the practice of law in California for three years, execution of that period of suspension is stayed, and Respondent is placed on probation for three years subject to the following conditions:
1. Respondent is suspended from the practice of law for the first 18 months of probation (with credit given for the period of inactive enrollment effective December 31, 2018 (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6233)).
2. Respondent must also comply with the other conditions of probation recommended by the Hearing Department of the State Bar Court in its Decision filed on March 2, 2021; and
3. At the expiration of the period of probation, if Respondent has complied with all conditions of probation, the period of stayed suspension will be satisfied, and that suspension will be terminated.
Respondent must provide to the State Bar's Office of Probation proof of taking and passing the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination as recommended by the Hearing Department in its Decision filed on March 2, 2021. Failure to do so may result in suspension. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 9.10(b).)
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.