Robert Bolt, Esquire | [???????]

Cal­i­for­nia. Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

On Octo­ber 19, 1995 Doris M. Rich filed a com­plaint with the State Bar of Cal­i­for­nia regard­ing alle­ga­tions that her attor­ney, Robert Keith Bolt, Esquire engaged in mul­ti­ple instances of mis­con­duct dur­ing the course of his rep­re­sen­ta­tion. Accord­ing to Rich, Bolt switched sides in rep­re­sent­ing Ms. Rich to facil­i­tate her son’s efforts to gain con­trol over her assets. See Com­plaint to the State Bar [let­ter]

The State Bar of Cal­i­for­nia took no action that we can detect.  Accord­ing to Mr. Bolt’s Cal­i­for­nia Bar Pro­file he “has no pub­lic record of dis­ci­pline.”

This isn’t unusual.  Many, many, many com­plaints are filed against Cal­i­for­nia attor­neys that are never even inves­ti­gated even though, on their face, they alledge, breaches of the Cal­i­for­nia Rules of Pro­fes­sional Con­duct, the State Bar Act and even Fed­eral and State statutes.  The Cal­i­for­nia Bar believes their resources are bet­ter spent on pro­grams such as the Cal­i­for­nia Bar’s Lawyer Assis­tance Pro­gram to aid attor­neys with sub­stance abuse or men­tal health prob­lems INSTEAD OF USING THOSE RESOURCES TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC.

Q:  Who’s worse, the clowns run­ning the Cal­Bar or the clowns they reg­u­late– alledgedly?

A: They are one in the same.  A new reg­u­la­tory regieme needs to be imposed.