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In 2024, 1 Dallas area immigration attorney disbarred and another suspended

In April, Luis Roberto Campos received a 30-month fully probated suspension from April 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 consequent to an evidentiary panel’s findings that he had failed to hold a client’s property separate from his own, and for failing to promptly provide a full reckoning of accounting of such funds and property. Campos was again sanctioned in August: for failing to keep a client reasonably informed or promptly provide them a full accounting of funds, he was subject to a 24-month partially probated suspension beginning November 1, 2024 and ending October 31, 2026. In October, a panel of the Grievance Committee disbarred Robert James Vivona for neglecting two clients’ immigration cases, failing to keep them reasonably informed, and failing to refund unearned fees.

1 Dallas area immigration lawyer disbarred, 1 reprimanded, and 1 suspended in 2023

In March, an evidentiary panel of the State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee disbarred Andrew Jaiah Kai Kai for failing adequately to supervise a non-lawyer to ensure their conduct was compatible with Kai Kai’s professional obligations. In April, Obioma S. Osimiri agreed to a public reprimand by another evidentiary panel, which found that Osimiria committed infractions including accepting a legal matter beyond Osimiri’s competence. In August, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals issued an agreed judgment suspending Kellye Sorelle from practice on account of an unspecified disability.

4 Dallas area immigration attorneys disciplined in 2022

In January, Kenneth Nkeng Fomenky received a 52-month active suspension for, among other ethical violations, failing to appear at hearings. In March, the 471st District Court of Collin County publicly reprimanded Ngoc-Anh Theresa Bui Creevy because, it found, she had not taken reasonable steps to protect a former client’s interests. In the same month, the Supreme Court of Texas accepted John Luna Mendoza‘s resignation from the bar in lieu of discipline. In December, Peov Linda Hem received a 24-month probated suspension for neglecting a legal matter entrusted to her.

3 Dallas area immigration attorneys disciplined in 2021

In December 2021, a Grievance Committee publicly reprimanded Pantea Pourabbas for accepting responsibility for a case when she knew or should have known it was beyond her experience and competence. In the same month, Don L. Jarvis Jr. received a three-year active suspension for neglecting a case entrusted to him and neglecting communication with his client; and the Supreme Court of Texas accepted the resignation, in lieu of discipline, of Courtney Dawn Croft Blankenship.

2 Dallas-area immigration practitioners sanctioned in 2020

In March 2020, a Grievance Committee publicly reprimanded Southlake attorney Steven Todd Hayden for failing to promptly notify his client of a plea offer. In May 2020, Dallas attorney Robert Clarence Newark III received a 12-month fully probated suspension for neglecting a legal matter entrusted to him.

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