Yang v. Simas CA3
This appeal involves an attorney-client relationship that broke down over a decade ago. In late 2011, Bin Yang hired attorney Steven L. Simas to help her challenge a decision from the Medical Board of California. Yang, who graduated from a medical college in China, had applied for a license to practice medicine in California. But the Medical Board denied her application for three reasons. First, it found Yang failed to prove her medical education was sufficient to support licensure in California. Second, it found Yang had multiple criminal convictions, including a 1995 theft conviction and a 2005 assault conviction. And third, it found Yang had engaged in unprofessional conduct when she held herself out as a medical doctor even though she did not have a medical license.
After Yang hired Simas, Simas filed (on Yang’s behalf) a petition for writ of mandate seeking to vacate the Medical Board’s decision. But shortly after, the parties’ relationship quickly deteriorated.
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