State Bar & Bar Associations,
Securities,
Discipline
Aug. 5, 2022
Disbarred, bankrupt lawyer needn’t repay State Bar client security fund
“The case was actually one that goes back to whether or not debt is dischargeable even when a government entity such as the State Bar requires restitution, with respect to the payment of claims made by victims” of Anthony J. Kassas, said his attorney, Matthew D. Resnik.
A disbarred attorney need not reimburse the State Bar $2 million for its Client Security Fund for payments to his defrauded clients because the amount can be discharged in bankruptcy, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel determined.
“The case was actually one that goes back to whether or not debt is dischargeable even when a government entity such as the State Bar requires restitution, with respect to the payment of claims made by vic...
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