Long Beach, CA 90802-4633
25 July 2010 | Discipline w/actual suspension; credit for prior ineligibility 04-O-11783 (14 years, 3 months ago) |
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2 January 2010 | Active (14 years, 10 months ago) |
1 April 2009 | Not eligible to practice law in CA (15 years, 7 months ago) Ordered inactive 04-O-11783 |
30 January 1989 | Admitted to the State Bar of California (35 years, 9 months ago) |
July 25, 2010 MARC AARON GOLDBACH [#139318], 54, of Whittier was suspended for two years, stayed, placed on three years of probation with a nine-month actual suspension and he was ordered to take the MPRE within one year. The order took effect July 25, 2010. Goldbach successfully completed the State Bar Alternative Discipline Program after showing a connection between his substance abuse and mental health problems and his misconduct.He stipulated that he committed acts of moral turpitude by misappropriating approximately $75,300, writing four checks against insufficient funds and making misrepresentations to the court and to the attorney for an estate, and he disobeyed a court order and failed to maintain client funds in a trust account. He was hired by a couple to represent them in litigation they anticipated after the death of the husband’s aunt and for settlement of her estate. |