The California State Bar has suspended Raymundo Pacello Jr., who practiced law in San Diego but is now in Baja California, for two years.
The flamboyant Pacello was written up in abovethelaw.com in 2012 for calling himself the "Legal Baller" and advertising for "attractive hip females" to be his legal assistant for $10 an hour.
The bar has more serious concerns. It says he was working in an office of another attorney as an independent contractor. A case was settled for $125,000, according to calbarjournal.com. Even though the name of the other lawyer was on a check, "Pacello did not tell his colleague he had received it. Instead, Pacello's assistant signed [the other lawyer's] name on the settlement check. Pacello signed the client's name on the settlement check without her authorization to do so and deposited the money into a client trust account," according to the journal.
The other lawyer contacted Parcello frequently about the forging of his name and finally complained to the state bar. The client also complained she had not received her funds. The bar court suspended Pacello for two years and noted that his offense involved moral turpitude.
The California State Bar has suspended Raymundo Pacello Jr., who practiced law in San Diego but is now in Baja California, for two years.
The flamboyant Pacello was written up in abovethelaw.com in 2012 for calling himself the "Legal Baller" and advertising for "attractive hip females" to be his legal assistant for $10 an hour.
The bar has more serious concerns. It says he was working in an office of another attorney as an independent contractor. A case was settled for $125,000, according to calbarjournal.com. Even though the name of the other lawyer was on a check, "Pacello did not tell his colleague he had received it. Instead, Pacello's assistant signed [the other lawyer's] name on the settlement check. Pacello signed the client's name on the settlement check without her authorization to do so and deposited the money into a client trust account," according to the journal.
The other lawyer contacted Parcello frequently about the forging of his name and finally complained to the state bar. The client also complained she had not received her funds. The bar court suspended Pacello for two years and noted that his offense involved moral turpitude.
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