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WANTED: TOP-FLIGHT PROSECUTOR
WILLING TO TRADE INCOME FOR BEAUTY
The Humboldt County District Attorney's Office is recruiting for a top-flight
prosecutor, with at least 5 years felony experience, who is able to "pick up a file at a
moment's notice and run with it." The opening derives from one of its deputy district
attorneys being appointed a federal magistrate.
The Humboldt County DA's office is one of the most exciting prosecutorial
offices in California.
Its District Attorney, Paul Gallegos, is willing to charge anyone who commits
wrongdoing--no matter how wealthy, sacrosanct, or ruthless. He believes in total equality
before the law. He also plans to be innovative in promoting programs of prevention and
treatment. He wants to make it the best prosecutorial office of its size in the nation.
As an example of willingness to take on the powerful, the office filed, in February
2003, a major fraud suit against Pacific Lumber Company under the Unfair Competition
Law. This led to Pacific Lumber's funding a recall against the DA, on which it spent
$220,000 despite Humboldt being a rural county of only 140,000 people.
On March 2, 2004, the voters in Humboldt County gave Gallegos an emphatic
vote of confidence--over 61% of the vote despite a massive barrage of false advertising.
Humboldt County is considered one of the most beautiful counties in the nation. It
has an extensive coastline on the Pacific, contains rugged mountains for hiking and
scenic rivers for fishing, and is home to the most cathedral-like redwoods in the world.
Eureka-Arcata has an airport with regularly scheduled service to San Francisco
and Sacramento and elsewhere. It contains Humboldt State University, which reportedly
sends the highest number of graduates into the Peace Corps of all colleges and
universities in America.
The salary schedule for this position is per year, plus health and dental insurance
benefits. Cost of living in Eureka-Arcata is less than in California's urban areas.
Contact:
Paul Gallegos, Humboldt County District Attorney, 825 5th Street, 4th Floor,
Eureka, California 95501. Phone: 707-445-7411. Fax: 707-445-7416. Email:
pgallegos@co.humboldt.ca.us.
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2.09.2007
ER - Cox leaves EPD for DA's Office
Eureka Police Traffic Officer Wayne Cox starts work as an investigator with the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office Tuesday. Submitted photo
EPD loses another officer
by Christine Bensen-Messinger, 2/9/2007
Almost a month after Eureka Police Traffic Sgt. Mike Hislop left the department to take a job with the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office, EPD is losing another traffic officer, Wayne Cox.
Eureka interim Police Chief Murl Harpham said he is happy for Cox, who is leaving to take a job as an investigator with the DA’s Office, but it will be another loss to the department, which is now seven officers down.
“Every time we lose somebody it affects the department and he’s been our mainstay in traffic for many years; he’s got a wealth of experience,” Harpham said. “It’s going to be a big loss. He coordinated a lot of our DUI checkpoints; he was basically the person in charge of those.”
He said Officer Greg Hill, who was previously assigned to the traffic division, but had been working regular patrol because there were not enough officers to do so, will be starting in the traffic division soon, so that the department can fulfill the requirements for its $380,000 Office of Traffic Safety grant.
“Now we’re kind of forced to put him in there,” Harpham said.
Although recruitment efforts are ongoing, with seven officers down, Harpham said the department is starting a new method of recruiting.
“Now we’re going to search for them prior to going to the academy and pay their way into the academy,” he said. “That means it will take a little longer to put them on the streets.”
But, Harpham said, it gives the department a new pool of people to recruit from.
Right now in California, he said, there are approximately 8,500 openings for police officers. This new recruiting effort will give EPD a more competitive edge.
Not only will the EPD pay for the academy tuition, he said, it will also pay the officer a small salary while he or she is in school, giving people who may want to change careers, but have a family or other restraints, the opportunity to do so.
“(It) allows people to move to a new job if (they) want to (and) those people are very attractive to us (because) they are usually a little older, more mature and have some life experience,” he said. “We need good, honest, drug-free people, and those people are difficult to find nowadays … and we refuse to lower our standards.”
With the use of overtime, Harpham said, the department is making it work, but not having enough staff makes it difficult to be proactive.
“Right now, we are basically responders; we respond to the calls that come to us,” he said. “We’d love to get back to community-oriented policing. We’d like to go out and stop stuff before it happens.”
Cox, who has been with the department for a total of 15 years and spent two years with the Department of Justice in the Bay Area, said he is looking forward to his new job.
“It’s basically 17 years in the trenches and I am looking forward to a little more standardized schedule and sanity,” he said.
Cox, who spent many years doing undercover work, said he is looking forward to getting back into it.
And, although he is leaving EPD, Cox said the legal street drag program that he started will not be leaving with him.
“Just because I am leaving, that doesn’t mean the EPD street drags (program) is going to end. … Traffic Officers Gary Whitmer and Hill will continue the street drags program that I started (and) I will serve as an adviser. I have too much personal time and effort invested to give it up.”
Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos could not be reached for comment by deadline.
Copyright (C) 2005, The Eureka Reporter. All rights reserved
10.28.2006
ER - Council races fill up
Council races fill up
by Rebecca S. Bender, 8/12/2006
The filing window has officially closed, and there is no shortage of candidates for seats on the Arcata, Blue Lake or Eureka city councils.
Eight candidates are in the running for two open seats on the Arcata City Council.
Michael Winkler, Alex Stillman, Nick “Eeyore” Page and incumbent Councilmember Dave Meserve have previously announced their candidacies.
More recent entrants include activist Bobby Harris, massage therapist and astrologer Dana Quillman (who also happens to be the partner of Councilmember Paul Pitino), Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Schwartz and incumbent Mark Wheetley.
Bridget Dory, from the Arcata City Manager’s Office, said that seven of the candidates had qualified as of 5 p.m. Friday afternoon. The eighth, Wheetley, returned his paper late in the afternoon; his collected signatures will be verified Monday, Dory said.
In Blue Lake, two seats are open on the City Council, and three people will by vying to fill them.
Incumbent Mayor Sherman Schapiro and Councilmember Marlene Smith both stepped up to run again, Blue Lake City Clerk Karen Nessler confirmed Friday afternoon, and Blue Lake resident David Beebe also filed to run.
Eureka’s race differs from Arcata and Blue Lake in that candidates run for the ward in which they reside or for the mayoral position, and are elected by Eureka residents at large.
In the 1st Ward race are Larry Glass, Tish Wilburn and incumbent Mary Beth Wolford; in the 3rd Ward race are Ron Kuhnel and Jeff Leonard; in the 5th Ward race are Nancy Abrams and incumbent Mike Jones; and for the mayor’s race are Jerry Droz, Marshall Spalding, Councilmember Virginia Bass and incumbent Peter La Vallee.
Copyright (C) 2005, The Eureka Reporter. All rights reserved.
by Rebecca S. Bender, 8/12/2006
The filing window has officially closed, and there is no shortage of candidates for seats on the Arcata, Blue Lake or Eureka city councils.
Eight candidates are in the running for two open seats on the Arcata City Council.
Michael Winkler, Alex Stillman, Nick “Eeyore” Page and incumbent Councilmember Dave Meserve have previously announced their candidacies.
More recent entrants include activist Bobby Harris, massage therapist and astrologer Dana Quillman (who also happens to be the partner of Councilmember Paul Pitino), Humboldt County Deputy District Attorney Jeffrey Schwartz and incumbent Mark Wheetley.
Bridget Dory, from the Arcata City Manager’s Office, said that seven of the candidates had qualified as of 5 p.m. Friday afternoon. The eighth, Wheetley, returned his paper late in the afternoon; his collected signatures will be verified Monday, Dory said.
In Blue Lake, two seats are open on the City Council, and three people will by vying to fill them.
Incumbent Mayor Sherman Schapiro and Councilmember Marlene Smith both stepped up to run again, Blue Lake City Clerk Karen Nessler confirmed Friday afternoon, and Blue Lake resident David Beebe also filed to run.
Eureka’s race differs from Arcata and Blue Lake in that candidates run for the ward in which they reside or for the mayoral position, and are elected by Eureka residents at large.
In the 1st Ward race are Larry Glass, Tish Wilburn and incumbent Mary Beth Wolford; in the 3rd Ward race are Ron Kuhnel and Jeff Leonard; in the 5th Ward race are Nancy Abrams and incumbent Mike Jones; and for the mayor’s race are Jerry Droz, Marshall Spalding, Councilmember Virginia Bass and incumbent Peter La Vallee.
Copyright (C) 2005, The Eureka Reporter. All rights reserved.
10.27.2006
ER - New Deputy DA Schwartz excited about working for Gallegos
New Deputy DA Schwartz excited about working for Gallegos
by Christine Bensen-Messinger, 9/18/2005 The Eureka Reporter
Although he debated moving his private practice to Humboldt County, San Francisco-based attorney Jeffrey Schwartz decided he would rather work for Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos.
For the past year and a half, Schwartz said he and his wife have spent only weekends, breaks and holidays together while she has worked as a lecturer at Humboldt State University and he at his private practice in the Bay Area.
“Part of our plan was she was going to teach up here and we were going to sort of commute,” he said. “It kind of worked out … but we have a kid now so that’s really the difference. … We needed to be in the same place. I just (kept) imagining if I was in trial (in San Francisco) three or four months at a time. … I didn’t want to do that.”
So he started exploring his options.
Schwartz said he first heard about Gallegos when he read Humboldt County newspapers during Gallegos’ recall election in March and liked what he was reading.
“Really, what it came down to was, I really like this guy, I like his politics and I like what he’s doing,” he said.
Soon after, former Deputy District Attorney Tim Stoen introduced the two.
After meeting Gallegos, Schwartz said he became interested in applying for a job as a prosecutor.
“What particularly interested me (was) this DA and his philosophy,” Schwartz said. “I think he’s just a great DA and I think he’s … taking care of the office in the way it should be.”
Because his respect for Gallegos played a part in sparking his interest in a position in the District Attorney’s Office, if Gallegos does not win the election next year, Schwartz said he would probably find a new job.
“I don’t know enough about Worth Dikeman (yet), I think he’s more of a traditionalist. … In all likelihood, I probably wouldn’t stay,” he said. “Right now, my position is that Paul would win the election. I certainly hope he would.”
Schwartz said he will cross that bridge when and if he has to.
For now, he is looking forward to becoming a prosecutor after spending almost 20 years as a defense attorney. Although his caseload will increase, he said he is up to the challenge.
“I was a public defender years ago and we had 90 to 100 cases … over three days. So I’m used to having lots of cases and moving them along,” Schwartz said. “I’m doing this because I really want to do this and I really want to work with Paul. … And I’m actually taking a huge salary cut to do it.”
Schwartz will start out making almost $56,500 a year. Without the reduction, he would be making approximately $81,000, Gallegos said.
Gallegos said he thinks Schwartz will be a good addition to his staff.
“I’m very much looking forward to working with him and expect him to be an asset to the office,” he said.
Copyright (C) 2005, The Eureka Reporter. All rights reserved.
by Christine Bensen-Messinger, 9/18/2005 The Eureka Reporter
Although he debated moving his private practice to Humboldt County, San Francisco-based attorney Jeffrey Schwartz decided he would rather work for Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos.
For the past year and a half, Schwartz said he and his wife have spent only weekends, breaks and holidays together while she has worked as a lecturer at Humboldt State University and he at his private practice in the Bay Area.
“Part of our plan was she was going to teach up here and we were going to sort of commute,” he said. “It kind of worked out … but we have a kid now so that’s really the difference. … We needed to be in the same place. I just (kept) imagining if I was in trial (in San Francisco) three or four months at a time. … I didn’t want to do that.”
So he started exploring his options.
Schwartz said he first heard about Gallegos when he read Humboldt County newspapers during Gallegos’ recall election in March and liked what he was reading.
“Really, what it came down to was, I really like this guy, I like his politics and I like what he’s doing,” he said.
Soon after, former Deputy District Attorney Tim Stoen introduced the two.
After meeting Gallegos, Schwartz said he became interested in applying for a job as a prosecutor.
“What particularly interested me (was) this DA and his philosophy,” Schwartz said. “I think he’s just a great DA and I think he’s … taking care of the office in the way it should be.”
Because his respect for Gallegos played a part in sparking his interest in a position in the District Attorney’s Office, if Gallegos does not win the election next year, Schwartz said he would probably find a new job.
“I don’t know enough about Worth Dikeman (yet), I think he’s more of a traditionalist. … In all likelihood, I probably wouldn’t stay,” he said. “Right now, my position is that Paul would win the election. I certainly hope he would.”
Schwartz said he will cross that bridge when and if he has to.
For now, he is looking forward to becoming a prosecutor after spending almost 20 years as a defense attorney. Although his caseload will increase, he said he is up to the challenge.
“I was a public defender years ago and we had 90 to 100 cases … over three days. So I’m used to having lots of cases and moving them along,” Schwartz said. “I’m doing this because I really want to do this and I really want to work with Paul. … And I’m actually taking a huge salary cut to do it.”
Schwartz will start out making almost $56,500 a year. Without the reduction, he would be making approximately $81,000, Gallegos said.
Gallegos said he thinks Schwartz will be a good addition to his staff.
“I’m very much looking forward to working with him and expect him to be an asset to the office,” he said.
Copyright (C) 2005, The Eureka Reporter. All rights reserved.
ER - Web address not wrong, just changed
yougofree.com Web address not wrong, just changed
The Eureka Reporter The Eureka Reporter 8/26/2005
The Web site for Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos’ newest hire, Jeffrey Schwartz, a San Francisco-based criminal attorney, was changed sometime after an article about him was published Wednesday.
Those attempting to access his Web site, which was www.yougofree.com, will now be forwarded to another San Francisco-based practice, Petersen Law Office.
Schwartz could not be reached for comment by deadline.
Copyright (C) 2005, The Eureka Reporter. All rights reserved
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The Eureka Reporter The Eureka Reporter 8/26/2005
The Web site for Humboldt County District Attorney Paul Gallegos’ newest hire, Jeffrey Schwartz, a San Francisco-based criminal attorney, was changed sometime after an article about him was published Wednesday.
Those attempting to access his Web site, which was www.yougofree.com, will now be forwarded to another San Francisco-based practice, Petersen Law Office.
Schwartz could not be reached for comment by deadline.
Copyright (C) 2005, The Eureka Reporter. All rights reserved
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ER - New deputy Jeffrey Schwartz to join Humboldt County District Attorney's Office soon
New deputy Jeffrey Schwartz to join Humboldt County District Attorney's Office soon
by Christine Bensen-Messinger, 8/24/2005
The Eureka Reporter
In mid-September, the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office will welcome its newest deputy district attorney, San Francisco-based attorney Jeffrey Schwartz.
“He’s been practicing quite a while, (he’s) a pretty experienced attorney,” said Paul Gallegos, Humboldt County’s district attorney.
Schwartz has spent time and represented cases in Humboldt County, Southern California and Northern California.
He is a graduate of Columbia University in New York City and the John Marshall School of Law in Chicago. Schwartz has been working exclusively as a criminal defense attorney since the early 1980s, according to his Web site, www.yougofree.com.
“When we were recruiting, he was one of the people that applied,” Gallegos said. “I’ve actually been talking to Jeff for a couple years.”
For one reason or another, he said, it did not work out until now to hire Schwartz.
“Jeff’s been out there, we’ve talked. (The District Attorney’s Office has) talked to all sorts of people,” Gallegos said. “(Since Tim Stoen left) we have a senior position available and we’re filling it with a senior deputy.”
Schwartz has tried almost every type of case, including misdemeanors, white-collar crime, robberies and death penalty murders.
Although he will be a senior deputy, Gallegos said, he is willing to start with less pay.
“He’s coming in at a reduced salary, he agreed to that,” he said.
Because of his experience, Gallegos said, he should fit in well with the office.
“He will be a senior deputy, which means he will come in and do senior work or he won’t last long (but) he’s a pretty qualified guy,” Gallegos said.
Although the office is not staffed as it should be, Gallegos said hiring Schwartz will start to level out the playing field.
“Our base level of attorneys should be 17, we have 13 right now, (and) we will be at 14,” he said.
(Christine Bensen-Messinger can be reached at christine@eurekareporter.com.)
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by Christine Bensen-Messinger, 8/24/2005
The Eureka Reporter
In mid-September, the Humboldt County District Attorney’s Office will welcome its newest deputy district attorney, San Francisco-based attorney Jeffrey Schwartz.
“He’s been practicing quite a while, (he’s) a pretty experienced attorney,” said Paul Gallegos, Humboldt County’s district attorney.
Schwartz has spent time and represented cases in Humboldt County, Southern California and Northern California.
He is a graduate of Columbia University in New York City and the John Marshall School of Law in Chicago. Schwartz has been working exclusively as a criminal defense attorney since the early 1980s, according to his Web site, www.yougofree.com.
“When we were recruiting, he was one of the people that applied,” Gallegos said. “I’ve actually been talking to Jeff for a couple years.”
For one reason or another, he said, it did not work out until now to hire Schwartz.
“Jeff’s been out there, we’ve talked. (The District Attorney’s Office has) talked to all sorts of people,” Gallegos said. “(Since Tim Stoen left) we have a senior position available and we’re filling it with a senior deputy.”
Schwartz has tried almost every type of case, including misdemeanors, white-collar crime, robberies and death penalty murders.
Although he will be a senior deputy, Gallegos said, he is willing to start with less pay.
“He’s coming in at a reduced salary, he agreed to that,” he said.
Because of his experience, Gallegos said, he should fit in well with the office.
“He will be a senior deputy, which means he will come in and do senior work or he won’t last long (but) he’s a pretty qualified guy,” Gallegos said.
Although the office is not staffed as it should be, Gallegos said hiring Schwartz will start to level out the playing field.
“Our base level of attorneys should be 17, we have 13 right now, (and) we will be at 14,” he said.
(Christine Bensen-Messinger can be reached at christine@eurekareporter.com.)
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TS - New deputy DA has a troubled history - 10/27/2006
New deputy DA has a troubled history
Kimberly Wear The Times-Standard
Article Launched:10/27/2006 04:24:25 AM PDT
But he says, 'I'm ready to do good work for the county'
EUREKA -- The newest Humboldt County deputy district attorney was reprimanded by the California State Bar eight years ago, but says he learned from the experience and talked with his new employer about the situation.
”It was something that happened in 1998,” said Allan Dollison, who started work in the District Attorney's Office this week. “I've learned a lot and have done a lot of neat stuff since then.”
District Attorney Paul Gallegos said he knew about the discipline and talked with Dollison at length about what happened.
”It was quite a while ago,” he said. “He's certainly served the community since then. I have every indication he learned from his mistake and is going to be a great prosecutor.”
Dollison recently returned from service as an Army civil affairs officer in Afghanistan, where he received a combat action badge. He had been heading up the Public Defender's Office in Amador County near Tahoe.
Before that, Dollison served as an assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. protectorate near Guam.
Bar records show Dollison was disciplinedin August 2000 with a 60-day suspension and placed on two years' probation after stipulating to 16 counts of misconduct in four consolidated cases.
Those included failing to perform legal services competently or respond to client inquires; improperly withdrawing from representation; failing to return client files and unearned fees; and two counts of failing to cooperate with the bar's investigation.
”As part of one case Dollison was handling, he agreed to file a motion to set aside a default that had been entered against his client,” the bar summary states. “After not responding to his client's inquires, Dollison told her he had filed a motion that was denied in court. He provided a copy of the motion, a notice of ruling which stated an attorney had appeared on behalf of the other party.”
”In fact, Dollison never filed a motion, there was no hearing, he fabricated the notice of ruling and forged signatures on documents he sent to the client,” the report continues. “His misrepresentations were acts of moral turpitude.”
Another client had wages garnished. and others had to hire new counsel to complete their bankruptcy case, according to the state bar.
The report did note a mitigating factor that Dollison started a law practice soon after passing the bar, but “due to a lack of experience and business acumen, he accepted difficult cases for relatively low fees.”
”He abandoned several matters when he moved to a new office in order to stabilize his practice,” it read.
Dollison said he got in over his head as a new attorney and took on more than he could handle at the time. A lot has changed since then, and he has moved on, he said.
”I'm ready to do good work for the county,” Dollison said.
Kimberly Wear covers the cities of Eureka and Arcata. She can be reached at 441-0512 or kwear@times-standard.com
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State Bar Association Allan Lee Dollison
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Like Gallegos, he did not go to an accredited Law School - Western State Univ was not an accredited Law School at the time Dollison attended.
It has recently become accredited.
Like Stoen and Schwartz, this guy likes to run for office:
Senatorial candidate suspended in 2000
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He also ran for the California Assembly in 1994.
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2. DA can exploit his national notoriety by recruiting seasoned as well as fresh bright younger prosecuters
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SUPREME COURT MINUTES
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
S088328
In re Allan Lee Dollison on Discipline
It is ordered that Allan Lee Dollison, State Bar No. 177299, be suspended from the practice of law for one year and until he makes restitution to Lynda Maisterra (or the Client Security Fund, if appropriate) in the amount of $837.00, plus 10% interest per annum from September 1, 1997; to Francisco and Flor Cruz (or the Client Security Fund, if appropriate) in the amount of $625.00, plus 10% interest per annum from September 24, 1997, and furnishes satisfactory proof thereof to the Probation Unit, State Bar Office of the Chief Trial Counsel; and until he has shown proof satisfactory to the State Bar Court of his rehabilitation, fitness to practice and learning and ability in the general law pursuant to standard 1.4(c)(ii), Standards for Attorney Sanctions for Professional Misconduct, that execution of suspension be stayed, and that he be placed on probation for two years on condition that he be actually suspended for 60 days and until he makes the restitution described above and provides satisfactory proof thereof to the Probation Unit. If he is actually suspended for two years or more, he shall remain actually suspended until he provides proof to the satisfaction of the State Bar of California of his rehabilitation, fitness to practice and learning and ability in the general law pursuant to standard 1.4(c)(ii), Standards for Attorney Sanctions for Professional Misconduct. Allan Lee Dollison is also 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 March 31, 2000. It is further ordered that he take and pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination within one year after the effective date of this order or during the period of his actual suspension, whichever is longer. (See Segretti v. State Bar (1976) 15 Cal.3d 878, 891, fn. 8.) It is further ordered that if he is actually suspended for 90 days or more, he shall comply with rule 955 of the California Rules of Court, and that he perform the acts specified in subdivisions (a) and (c) of that rule within 120 and 130 calendar days, respectively, after the effective date of this order.* Costs are awarded to the State Bar and and one-half of said costs shall be added to and become part of the membership fee for the years 2001 and 2002. (Bus. & Prof. Code section 6086.10.)
*(See Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6126, subd. (c).)
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Monday, October 23, 2006
State Bar Association Allan Lee Dollison http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_detail.aspx?x=177299 - #177299
August 26, 2000
ALLAN LEE DOLLISON [#177299], 34, of Saipan was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years of probation with an actual 60-day suspension and until he makes restitution and proves his rehabilitation, and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year and comply with rule 955. The order took effect Aug. 26, 2000.
Dollison stipulated to 16 counts of misconduct in four consolidated cases: three counts each of failing to perform legal services competently or respond to client inquiries and improperly withdrawing from representation, and two counts each of failing to return client files, refund unearned fees and cooperate with the bar’s investigation.
As part of one case Dollison was handling, he agreed to file a motion to set aside a default that had been entered against his client. After not responding to his client’s inquiries, Dollison told her he had filed a motion that was denied by the court. He provided a copy of the motion, a notice of ruling which stated an attorney had appeared on behalf of the other party.
In fact, Dollison never filed a motion, there was no hearing, he fabricated the notice of ruling and forged signatures on documents he sent to the client. His misrepresentations were acts of moral turpitude. He never refunded his fee.
He vacated his office and did not notify clients or the courts, he failed to appear at hearings and failed to follow court orders. Two cases were dismissed as a result of failure to prosecute. One client’s wages were garnished to pay a default judgment, and other clients were forced to hire new counsel to complete their bankruptcy petition.
In mitigation, Dollison started a solo practice soon after his admission to the bar, but due to a lack of experience and business acumen, he accepted difficult cases for relatively low fees. He abandoned several matters when he moved to a new office in order to stabilize his practice. He also suffered from depression and is under the care of a psychiatrist.
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Bar Number 177299
District District 6
Undergraduate School California St Univ Fullerton; CA
County Riverside
Law School Western State Univ COL; Fullerton CA
Status History
Effective Date Status Change
Present Active
10/25/2000 Active
8/26/2000 Not Eligible To Practice Law
3/16/2000 Active
10/25/1999 Not Eligible To Practice Law
6/15/1995 Admitted to The State Bar of California
Explanation of member status
Actions Affecting Eligibility to Practice Law
Effective Date 8/26/2000
Description Discipline w/actual suspension
Case Number 97-O-18138
Eligibility to Practice Law Not Eligible To Practice Law
Effective Date 11/15/1999
Description Ordered inactive
Case Number 97-O-18526
Eligibility to Practice Law Not Eligible To Practice Law
Effective Date 10/25/1999
Description Ordered inactive
Case Number 97-O-18138
Eligibility to Practice Law Not Eligible To Practice Law
Administrative Actions
This member has no public record of administrative actions.
Copies of official attorney discipline records are available upon request.
California Bar Journal Discipline Summaries
Summaries from the California Bar Journal are based on discipline orders but are not the official records. Not all discipline actions have associated CBJ summaries. Copies of official attorney discipline records are available upon request.
© 2006 The State Bar of California
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(MPRE) Above means he was told to take an ethics course and pass the Multi-State Professional
Responsibility Exam.
Like Gallegos, he did not go to an accredited Law School - Western State Univ was not an accredited Law School at the time Dollison attended.
It has recently become accredited.
Like Stoen and Schwartz, this guy likes to run for office:
Senatorial candidate suspended in 2000
Smart Voter - Philosophy
Smart Voter, March 2, 2004 Election - Our Environment
He also ran for the California Assembly in 1994.
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Kimberly Wear The Times-Standard
Article Launched:10/27/2006 04:24:25 AM PDT
But he says, 'I'm ready to do good work for the county'
EUREKA -- The newest Humboldt County deputy district attorney was reprimanded by the California State Bar eight years ago, but says he learned from the experience and talked with his new employer about the situation.
”It was something that happened in 1998,” said Allan Dollison, who started work in the District Attorney's Office this week. “I've learned a lot and have done a lot of neat stuff since then.”
District Attorney Paul Gallegos said he knew about the discipline and talked with Dollison at length about what happened.
”It was quite a while ago,” he said. “He's certainly served the community since then. I have every indication he learned from his mistake and is going to be a great prosecutor.”
Dollison recently returned from service as an Army civil affairs officer in Afghanistan, where he received a combat action badge. He had been heading up the Public Defender's Office in Amador County near Tahoe.
Before that, Dollison served as an assistant attorney general for the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, a U.S. protectorate near Guam.
Bar records show Dollison was disciplinedin August 2000 with a 60-day suspension and placed on two years' probation after stipulating to 16 counts of misconduct in four consolidated cases.
Those included failing to perform legal services competently or respond to client inquires; improperly withdrawing from representation; failing to return client files and unearned fees; and two counts of failing to cooperate with the bar's investigation.
”As part of one case Dollison was handling, he agreed to file a motion to set aside a default that had been entered against his client,” the bar summary states. “After not responding to his client's inquires, Dollison told her he had filed a motion that was denied in court. He provided a copy of the motion, a notice of ruling which stated an attorney had appeared on behalf of the other party.”
”In fact, Dollison never filed a motion, there was no hearing, he fabricated the notice of ruling and forged signatures on documents he sent to the client,” the report continues. “His misrepresentations were acts of moral turpitude.”
Another client had wages garnished. and others had to hire new counsel to complete their bankruptcy case, according to the state bar.
The report did note a mitigating factor that Dollison started a law practice soon after passing the bar, but “due to a lack of experience and business acumen, he accepted difficult cases for relatively low fees.”
”He abandoned several matters when he moved to a new office in order to stabilize his practice,” it read.
Dollison said he got in over his head as a new attorney and took on more than he could handle at the time. A lot has changed since then, and he has moved on, he said.
”I'm ready to do good work for the county,” Dollison said.
Kimberly Wear covers the cities of Eureka and Arcata. She can be reached at 441-0512 or kwear@times-standard.com
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State Bar Association Allan Lee Dollison
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Like Gallegos, he did not go to an accredited Law School - Western State Univ was not an accredited Law School at the time Dollison attended.
It has recently become accredited.
Like Stoen and Schwartz, this guy likes to run for office:
Senatorial candidate suspended in 2000
Smart Voter - Philosophy
Smart Voter, March 2, 2004 Election - Our Environment
He also ran for the California Assembly in 1994.
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SUPREME COURT MINUTES
THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2000
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA
S088328
In re Allan Lee Dollison on Discipline
It is ordered that Allan Lee Dollison, State Bar No. 177299, be suspended from the practice of law for one year and until he makes restitution to Lynda Maisterra (or the Client Security Fund, if appropriate) in the amount of $837.00, plus 10% interest per annum from September 1, 1997; to Francisco and Flor Cruz (or the Client Security Fund, if appropriate) in the amount of $625.00, plus 10% interest per annum from September 24, 1997, and furnishes satisfactory proof thereof to the Probation Unit, State Bar Office of the Chief Trial Counsel; and until he has shown proof satisfactory to the State Bar Court of his rehabilitation, fitness to practice and learning and ability in the general law pursuant to standard 1.4(c)(ii), Standards for Attorney Sanctions for Professional Misconduct, that execution of suspension be stayed, and that he be placed on probation for two years on condition that he be actually suspended for 60 days and until he makes the restitution described above and provides satisfactory proof thereof to the Probation Unit. If he is actually suspended for two years or more, he shall remain actually suspended until he provides proof to the satisfaction of the State Bar of California of his rehabilitation, fitness to practice and learning and ability in the general law pursuant to standard 1.4(c)(ii), Standards for Attorney Sanctions for Professional Misconduct. Allan Lee Dollison is also 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 March 31, 2000. It is further ordered that he take and pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination within one year after the effective date of this order or during the period of his actual suspension, whichever is longer. (See Segretti v. State Bar (1976) 15 Cal.3d 878, 891, fn. 8.) It is further ordered that if he is actually suspended for 90 days or more, he shall comply with rule 955 of the California Rules of Court, and that he perform the acts specified in subdivisions (a) and (c) of that rule within 120 and 130 calendar days, respectively, after the effective date of this order.* Costs are awarded to the State Bar and and one-half of said costs shall be added to and become part of the membership fee for the years 2001 and 2002. (Bus. & Prof. Code section 6086.10.)
*(See Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6126, subd. (c).)
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State Bar Association Allan Lee Dollison http://members.calbar.ca.gov/search/member_detail.aspx?x=177299 - #177299
August 26, 2000
ALLAN LEE DOLLISON [#177299], 34, of Saipan was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years of probation with an actual 60-day suspension and until he makes restitution and proves his rehabilitation, and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year and comply with rule 955. The order took effect Aug. 26, 2000.
Dollison stipulated to 16 counts of misconduct in four consolidated cases: three counts each of failing to perform legal services competently or respond to client inquiries and improperly withdrawing from representation, and two counts each of failing to return client files, refund unearned fees and cooperate with the bar’s investigation.
As part of one case Dollison was handling, he agreed to file a motion to set aside a default that had been entered against his client. After not responding to his client’s inquiries, Dollison told her he had filed a motion that was denied by the court. He provided a copy of the motion, a notice of ruling which stated an attorney had appeared on behalf of the other party.
In fact, Dollison never filed a motion, there was no hearing, he fabricated the notice of ruling and forged signatures on documents he sent to the client. His misrepresentations were acts of moral turpitude. He never refunded his fee.
He vacated his office and did not notify clients or the courts, he failed to appear at hearings and failed to follow court orders. Two cases were dismissed as a result of failure to prosecute. One client’s wages were garnished to pay a default judgment, and other clients were forced to hire new counsel to complete their bankruptcy petition.
In mitigation, Dollison started a solo practice soon after his admission to the bar, but due to a lack of experience and business acumen, he accepted difficult cases for relatively low fees. He abandoned several matters when he moved to a new office in order to stabilize his practice. He also suffered from depression and is under the care of a psychiatrist.
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Bar Number 177299
District District 6
Undergraduate School California St Univ Fullerton; CA
County Riverside
Law School Western State Univ COL; Fullerton CA
Status History
Effective Date Status Change
Present Active
10/25/2000 Active
8/26/2000 Not Eligible To Practice Law
3/16/2000 Active
10/25/1999 Not Eligible To Practice Law
6/15/1995 Admitted to The State Bar of California
Explanation of member status
Actions Affecting Eligibility to Practice Law
Effective Date 8/26/2000
Description Discipline w/actual suspension
Case Number 97-O-18138
Eligibility to Practice Law Not Eligible To Practice Law
Effective Date 11/15/1999
Description Ordered inactive
Case Number 97-O-18526
Eligibility to Practice Law Not Eligible To Practice Law
Effective Date 10/25/1999
Description Ordered inactive
Case Number 97-O-18138
Eligibility to Practice Law Not Eligible To Practice Law
Administrative Actions
This member has no public record of administrative actions.
Copies of official attorney discipline records are available upon request.
California Bar Journal Discipline Summaries
Summaries from the California Bar Journal are based on discipline orders but are not the official records. Not all discipline actions have associated CBJ summaries. Copies of official attorney discipline records are available upon request.
© 2006 The State Bar of California
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(MPRE) Above means he was told to take an ethics course and pass the Multi-State Professional
Responsibility Exam.
Like Gallegos, he did not go to an accredited Law School - Western State Univ was not an accredited Law School at the time Dollison attended.
It has recently become accredited.
Like Stoen and Schwartz, this guy likes to run for office:
Senatorial candidate suspended in 2000
Smart Voter - Philosophy
Smart Voter, March 2, 2004 Election - Our Environment
He also ran for the California Assembly in 1994.
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2. DA can exploit his national notoriety by recruiting seasoned as well as fresh bright younger prosecuters