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According to the California State Auditor, “From 2015 through 2021, an attorney was the subject of 35 complaints, 30 of which were alleged client trust account violations. Of these complaints, the State Bar closed 12 with warning letters, five with resource letters, and one with a directional letter. The rest, including the attorney’s most recent client trust account complaint in December 2021, were closed in the intake phase without further investigation. The State Bar inappropriately closed the December 2021 client trust account complaint without contacting the attorney for additional information, despite having issued a warning letter to the attorney just one month earlier for 11 complaints of alleged client trust account violations.”