Opinion
S242816
11-19-2018
TRIANCE ON DISCIPLINE
Probation revoked
The court orders that the probation of CRAIG RONALD TRIANCE (Respondent), State Bar Number 161079, is revoked. The court further orders that Respondent is suspended from the practice of law in California for one year, execution of that period of suspension is stayed, and he is placed on probation for one year subject to the following conditions:
1. Respondent is suspended from the practice of law for a minimum of one year, and Respondent will remain suspended until the following conditions are satisfied:
a) Respondent makes restitution to Eugenio and Rosa Rangel, or such other recipient as may be designated by the Office of Probation or the State Bar Court, in the amount of $4,794.54 plus 10 percent interest per year from December 1, 2014, (or reimburses the Client Security Fund, to the extent of any payment from the Fund to such payee, in accordance with Business and Professions Code section 6140.5) and furnishes satisfactory proof to the State Bar's Office of Probation in Los Angeles;
b) Respondent provides to the Office of Probation satisfactory proof of attendance at a session of the State Bar Ethics School and passage of the test given at the end of that session; and
c) If Respondent remains suspended for two years or longer, Respondent must also provide proof to the State Bar Court of rehabilitation, fitness to practice and present learning and ability in the general law. (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 Hearing Department of the State Bar Court in its Decision filed on September 7, 2018
3. Respondent is given credit towards the one year suspension for the period of involuntary inactive enrollment which commenced on September 10, 2018.
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.