Opinion
S235973
10-26-2016
ZHANG ON DISCIPLINE
Petition for review denied; recommended discipline imposed
The petition for review is denied.
The court orders that QIN ZHANG, State Bar Number 225324, is suspended from the practice of law in California for one year, execution of that period of suspension is stayed, and she is placed on probation for two years subject to the following conditions:
1. QIN ZHANG is suspended from the practice of law for the first 30 days of probation;
2. QIN ZHANG must comply with the other conditions of probation recommended by the Hearing Department of the State Bar Court in its Decision filed on May 8, 2015; and
3. At the expiration of the period of probation, if QIN ZHANG has complied with all conditions of probation, the one-year period of stayed suspension will be satisfied and that suspension will be terminated.
QIN ZHANG must also take and pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination within one year after the effective date of this order and provide satisfactory proof of such passage to the State Bar's Office of Probation in Los Angeles within the same period. 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.