Opinion
S267476
07-14-2021
STEWART ON DISCIPLINE
Petition for review denied; recommended discipline imposed
The petition for review is denied.
The court orders that TROY ALVORD STEWART (Respondent), State Bar Number 135764, is suspended from the practice of law in California for two years, execution of that period of suspension is stayed, and Respondent is placed on probation for two years subject to the following conditions:
1. Respondent is suspended from the practice of law for the first 90 days of probation, and Respondent will remain suspended until the following requirements are satisfied:
i. Respondent furnishes satisfactory proof to the State Bar's Office of Probation in Los Angeles that the $18, 520 in sanctions ordered on October 25, 2013 in Peter E. Kvassay and Richard S. Kvassay v. Robert V. Kvassay, Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No. BC498669, has been paid; and
ii. If Respondent remains suspended for two years or longer as a result of not satisfying the preceding requirement, Respondent must also provide proof to the State Bar Court of rehabilitation, fitness to practice and present learning and ability in the general law before the suspension will be terminated. (Rules Proc. of State Bar, tit. IV, Stds. For Atty. Sanctions for Prof. Misconduct, std. 1.2(c)(1)).
2. Respondent must comply with the other conditions of probation recommended by the Review Department of the State Bar Court in its Opinion filed on December 28, 2020, and as modified January 29, 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 Review Department in its Opinion filed on December 28, 2020. Failure to do so may result in suspension. (Cal. Rules of Court, rule 9.10(b).)
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. Failure to do so may result in disbarment or suspension. Respondent must also maintain the records of compliance as required by the conditions of probation.
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.