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State Bar Shuts Down Pomona Unauthorized Law Practice

March 28, 2022
The State Bar of California has shut down the unauthorized law practice of Robert Juarez and his Pomona business, Recourse Legal Document Assistants, Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona announced today. Juarez is not, nor has he ever been, a licensed attorney, yet he repeatedly charged people for dispensing legal advice and advertised and presented himself as someone entitled to practice law to the dissatisfaction of unsuspecting clients.

State Bar Seizes Orange County-Based SoCal Latino Legal Services and Ortega Legal Services for Unauthorized Practice of Law

October 28, 2021
The State Bar has seized a business based in the city of Orange that was operating as SoCal Latino Legal Services and Ortega Legal Services. The business deliberately misled hundreds of people, predominantly Spanish speakers seeking help with family law cases, criminal cases, evictions, civil rights, medical negligence, and auto accidents. The primary owner, Erika Ortega, claimed she provided legal services in these areas, even though she has never been licensed to practice law in California. 

State Bar Seizes the Garden Grove Practice of Disbarred Attorney Who Victimized Vietnamese Immigrants

September 2, 2020
The State Bar of California has seized the unauthorized law practice of a Garden Grove man who defrauded Vietnamese immigrants. Toan Quy Thai, doing business as Pacific Immigration Law Office, was disbarred by the District of Columbia and the federal Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) in 2017. He has never been licensed to practice law in California.