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Discipline

Apr. 25, 2015

State Bar Court recommends disbarment for lawyer who misused client funds

The California State Bar Court recommended last week a San Francisco personal injury attorney be disbarred for misappropriating $55,000 he took from a jailed client's trust account to pay other client and personal bills.


By Kibkabe Araya


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A San Francisco personal injury attorney could be disbarred for misappropriating $55,000
that he took from a jailed client's trust account to pay other client and personal
bills.


The California State Bar Court recommended last week that Michael S. Keck be disbarred
after he was charged with four counts of miscondu...

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