SAN FRANCSICO (KNX) – New felony charges were brought against a disbarred lawyer, as the San Francisco District Attorney’s office claims he was still pretending to have a license and taking on clients.
Russell A. Robinson was charged with “felony counts of practicing law without authorization and two felony counts of willful failure to comply with a disbarment order of the California Supreme Court”, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
Robinson was first charged in November 2021; however, the District Attorney’s Office, said new victims came out against him.
Robinson was put on involuntary inactive status by California State Bar in June 2019; however, he officially disbarred in June 2021. The District Attorney’s Office alleges that despite this, Robinson continued to practice law, and embezzled $265,000 after “forging a client’s signature.”
“According to new witnesses and new records obtained, Mr. Robinson was hired by another victim and filed a civil lawsuit on his behalf in San Francisco Superior Court,” District Attorney Chesa Boudin wrote.
"Although the court ordered that case stayed in November 2018 pending arbitration proceedings, and the defendants’ counsel reported not hearing from Mr. Robinson since at least June 2019, Mr. Robinson nevertheless continued to communicate with the victim throughout 2019, 2020, and 2021 as if he was working on the case. Mr.
Robinson did not tell the victim until December 2021 that he was not eligible to practice law.”
Robinson will be arraigned at the Hall of Justice on April 25, 2022.
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