Free Republic Lawyer Disbarred - HAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Free Republic Lawyer Disbarred - HAHAHAHAHA!!!

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Brian Langford Buckley

Membership Info
CA Bar Number 116705
Current Status Disbarred
CA Admission Date December 10, 1984
District District 7
County Los Angeles

http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_detail.aspx?x=116705

Supreme Court Minutes (THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2004
SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA) can be found here: www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/ minutes/documents/SNOV0404.DOC

BRIAN L. BUCKLEY <#116705>, 48, of Los Angeles was suspended for one year, stayed, actually suspended for 30 days and until the State Bar Court grants a motion to terminate the suspension, and he was ordered to take the MPRE. If the suspension exceeds 90 days, he must comply with rule 955; if it exceeds two years, he must prove his rehabilitation. The order took effect March 2, 2003.

In a default proceeding, the bar court found that Buckley failed to perform competently, communicate with a client or promptly return a client file.

He represented a client in a wrongful termination lawsuit that settled for $600,000. One quarter was to be attorney fees. Fowler agreed to dismiss the suit after full satisfaction of payment, which was to be delivered in installments.

Once Buckley received his fee, he was to execute the necessary documents so the remaining payments would go directly to his client's family attorney. However, he did not do so, and instead continued to receive settlement checks without notifying his client. He eventually delivered 20 checks to his client, but one bounced.

Buckley received four final installments without notifying the client, dismissed the lawsuit before the client was paid, and waited another year to give the client the full settlement.

He did not return his client's numerous phone calls or release his file to the client's new lawyer. After several months, he provided a portion of the file to the other attorney.

http://www.mailarchive.ca/lists/can.legal/2003-07/0085.html

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The bar also found in another matter involving Buckley, Case No. 02-O-10118:

"By failing to inform the Gonzaleses of the true status of their legal matters and actively misrepresenting the status of their legal matters, by misappropriating $5000 in costs paid by the Gonzaleses to for the cost of the Discovery Referee and depositions, and byy repeatedly taking <$8000> monthly fees from the Gonzaleses while doint no substantive work of value to the Gonzaleses durinig the time period he received the legal fees, comitted acts of moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption in violation of Business and Professions Code sectioon 6106.

They also got him on failure to refund the four months of unearned fees, failure to inform client of significant development and failure to preform with competence.

"In the nine month period from September 2000 to May 2001, the Gonzaleses paid $94,857.00 . . . "

"Ultimately, the Gonzaleses lost both lawsuits and have been ordered to pay $160,906.00 . . . "

"The Gonzaleses called Respondent at his telephoone number he provided to obtain an explanation of the judgment. When confronted by the Gonzaleses, Respondent told his clients that it was all a mistake. He denied the existance of the judgment, and that the matter had been dismissed based on the Tribune's motion. The Gonzaleses asked for proof of Respondents representations, to which Respondent said that all the paperwork had mistakenly been taken by an unidentified Federal Agency whho raided his office because theh person who rented space from him had stolen $3,000,000.00 from a client."

(snip / more)

http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=59290&Disp=14#C14

Hahahaaaa!

April 16, 2002

American Patrol's Most Wanted

PLEASE HELP AMERICAN PATROL
FIND ATTORNEY BRIAN BUCKLEY

Do you know where Brian Buckley is? Do you know
what he did with the money American Patrol gave him?

If you do, please contact:
American Patrol
1-800-600-8642

http://www.americanpatrol.com/FEATURES/020416-BUCKLEY-AMW/Feat-WheresBuckley020416.html

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