Scheer v. Cal. Client Security Fund etc. CA2/1
In 2014, the California State Bar (State Bar) found that plaintiff and appellant Marilyn S. Scheer engaged in the unauthorized practice of law and collected illegal fees in representing clients seeking loan modifications in states in which she was not licensed to practice law. (In the Matter of Scheer (Review Dept. Mar. 18, 2014, No. 11-O-10888) 2014 WL 1217969.) The State Bar also found that Scheer collected fees from California clients for loan modifications before fully completing the work, in violation of Civil Code section 2944.7, subdivision (a). The Review Department of the State Bar (the Review Department) recommended that Scheer be ordered to repay more than $120,000 in fees to clients, and that her bar license be suspended until she repaid the illegal funds, and in any case for at least two years.
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