I have written, here  and here about a lawsuit filed in November 2010 by the City of San Francisco and by former clients of unlicensed attorney Martin Resendez Guajardo. Guajardo was accused of representing and advising clients after he resigned from the State Bar of California. Further, the class action alleged that Guajardo and San Diego-based attorney Christopher Stender, Immigration Practice Group, a law firm owned by Stender, and potentially others committed fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and other related…

  I recently posted a blog about lawsuits filed in San Francisco  against unlicensed California lawyer Martin Resendez Guajardo and San Diego-based attorney Christopher Stender. One lawsuit was a class action suit filed by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and the other a civil suit filed by the City of San Francisco. According to docket reports, on December 14, 2010, Messrs. Guajardo and Stender removed the case to the federal court.  Removal jurisdiction permits a defendant to force the plaintiff to…

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP has filed a class action on behalf of all clients that unlicensed California lawyer Martin Resendez Guajardo has represented or advised since his resignation from the State Bar. The class action alleges Guajardo, San Diego-based attorney Christopher Stender, Immigration Practice Group, a law firm owned by Stender, and potentially others committed fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and other related causes of action. The Class seeks to recover general and statutory damages, civil penalties, punitive damages,…