Robert Martin, Xsquire | NOMINATED

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Robert Allen Martin, Esquire has been nom­i­nated for induc­tion into the Evil Esquire Bar Association.  Prior to our ‘Bored’ mak­ing their arbi­trary and capri­cious deci­sion, we’re seek­ing com­ment from the pub­lic and those directly affected by his con­duct as to Robert’s wor­thi­ness as a mem­ber of our notorious organization.

According to the Cal Barffoons, Martin was hired to assist a client with the rein­state­ment of his driver’s license.  After the client paid Martin, he didn’t do any­thing on the case.  To cover up his neg­li­gence, Martin told his mark client his case was “sit­ting on the judge’s desk”– even though he’d never filed any­thing with the court.  Perhaps Martin was think­ing of another case?

To ‘rec­tify’ the mat­ter– because the client was ask­ing for his money back, Martin told the client he’s con­tacted a friend who was a traf­fic com­mis­sioner in Sunnyvale and that the client should con­tact this indi­vid­ual regard­ing his case. Upon the client con­tact­ing the traf­fic com­mis­sioner she informed him she knew noth­ing about the case– obvi­ously the traf­fic com­mis­sioner isn’t a team player.  A woman scorned?

A repeat offender of the California Rules of Professional Conduct, Martin was pre­vi­ously dis­ci­plined by the Cal Barffoons in 1988 and 1990.

For the fore­go­ing fail­ings, the Cal Bar sus­pended Martin on October 28, 2007 for 18 months.  They stayed his sus­pen­sion, placed him on two years of pro­ba­tion with a one-year actual sus­pen­sion. In addi­tion, Martin was ordered to take the mul­ti­state pro­fes­sional respon­si­bil­ity exam­i­na­tion (MPRE) and notify clients, oppos­ing coun­sel and other inter­ested parties.

Martin of course neglected to notify us of his sus­pen­sion and we’re cer­tainly an inter­ested party.

Citing his fail­ure to notify inter­ested par­ties the California Supreme Court dis­barred Martin on February 24, 2009.

View Robert’s California Bar pro­file here: [Robert Allen Martin]

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CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY / CAL BAR WARNING

The Cal Bar inves­ti­gates few of the attor­ney com­plaints they receive– they alledge 29% (2007) but their report is inten­tion­ally obfus­ca­tory and we believe this fig­ure is much lower– per­haps they con­sider ‘Googling’ a lawyers name to be inves­ti­gat­ing.  Approximately only 2.3% (2007) of com­plaints recieved are actu­ally pros­e­cuted.  Moreover, attor­ney dis­ci­pline in California is highly polit­i­cal– read cor­rupt. We strongly advise any­one con­tem­plat­ing hir­ing a California attor­ney use our LAWYER PROPHYLACTICS.

The clowns, who oper­ate the California Bar, in their infi­nite wis­dom, allow attor­neys to peti­tion the Bar for rein­state­ment after they’ve been dis­barred– we sus­pect such peti­tions are accom­pa­nied with a bag of cash.

Given the California Bar’s pol­icy it is impor­tant any­one affected by this attorney’s behav­ior com­ment in order to pro­vide the Cal BarFFOONS pub­lic com­ment upon any con­sid­er­a­tion of this attorney’s read­mis­sion to the Bar.

February 24, 2009, DISCIPLINED California Supreme Court Case: S169273

The court orders that ROBERT ALLEN MARTIN, State Bar Number 62018, be dis­barred from the prac­tice of law and that his name be stricken from the roll of attorneys.

The court orders that ROBERT ALLEN MARTIN com­ply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court, and per­form the acts spec­i­fied in sub­di­vi­sions (a) and © of that rule within 30 and 40 days, respec­tively, after the effec­tive date of this order. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6126, subd. ©.)

Costs are awarded to the State Bar in accor­dance with Business and Professions Code sec­tion 6086.10, and are enforce­able both as pro­vided in Business and Professions Code sec­tion 6140.7 and as a money judgment.

September 28, 2007, DISCIPLINED California Supreme Court Case: S154923

It is ordered that ROBERT ALLEN MARTIN, State Bar No. 62018, be sus­pended from the prac­tice of law for 18 months, that exe­cu­tion of the sus­pen­sion be stayed, and that he be placed on pro­ba­tion for two years on con­di­tion that he be actu­ally sus­pended for one year.

Respondent is fur­ther ordered to com­ply with the other con­di­tions of pro­ba­tion rec­om­mended by the Hearing Department of the State Bar Court in its Order Approving Stipulation filed on May 24, 2007.

It is also ordered that respon­dent take and pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination dur­ing the period of his actual sus­pen­sion. (See Segretti v. State Bar (1976) 15 Cal.3d 878, 891, fn.8.)

Respondent is fur­ther ordered to com­ply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court, and per­form the acts spec­i­fied in sub­di­vi­sions (a) and © of that rule within 30 and 40 cal­en­dar days, respec­tively, after the effec­tive date of this order.*

Costs are awarded to the State Bar in accor­dance with Business and Professions Code sec­tion 6086.10, and one-third of said costs be paid with mem­ber­ship fees for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.

It is fur­ther ordered that if respon­dent fails to pay any install­ment within the time pro­vided herein or as may be mod­i­fied by the State Bar Court pur­suant to Business and Professions Code sec­tion 6086.10, sub­di­vi­sion ©, the remain­ing bal­ance of the costs is due and enforce­able both as pro­vided in Business and Professions Code sec­tion 6140.7 and as a money judgment.

*(See Bus. & Prof. Code § 6126, subd. ©.)

December 18, 1974 ADMITTED to California Bar

On this date in the Golden State, Robert Allen Martin was admit­ted to the State Bar of California and can now append the title Esquire after his name.

Congratulations Robert on pass­ing the California bar exam­i­na­tion! Those many years toil­ing at San Francisco Law School finally paid off. You’re now a mem­ber of America’s aris­toc­racy! An offi­cer of the court! A respectable mem­ber of soci­ety! And as long as your bar “dues” are paid up, safely ensconced high above the law.

Given the vari­ety of con­coc­tions offered in California drink­ing estab­lish­ments, their bar exam­i­na­tion is noto­ri­ous for being the most dif­fi­cult in the nation. In fact, it took for­mer California gov­er­nors Jerry Brown and Pete Wilson two and four tries, respec­tively, to pass.

Particularly tricky for most aspir­ing bar­tenders are the sec­tions deal­ing with “pro­fes­sional respon­si­bil­i­ties.” Certainly, Robert is relieved that’s over, can for­get that non­sense and con­cen­trate on extract­ing money from “clients.”

Robert Martin, Xsquire | NOMINATED, 3.5 out of 5 based on 4 rat­ings