Attorney Thomas Watkins of Banning, CA; moronic thief

The state of California provided Thomas Lee Watkins with a law license in 1992 after he graduated from Western State University School of Law.

The California State Bar Court found Tommy guilty of the following misconduct.

• Engaged in multiple acts of wrongdoing
• Misconduct significantly harmed client
• Displayed indifference
• Failed to deposit advance fee into client trust account
• Committed 20 acts of professional misconduct
• Misappropriated [stole] client funds and used them for personal purposes
• Failed to perform legal services competently (moron)
• Failed to respond to client status inquires
• Entered into improper business transaction with a client
• Commingled client funds with personal funds’
• Improperly withdrew from client representation
• Failed to cooperate with ethics investigators (Screw you, said Tommy!)
• Caused significant harm to highly vulnerable clients
• Displayed indifference to significance of misconduct

As a consequence of his misconduct, the Patron Saints for Attorney Misfits sitting on the California State Bar Court punished Tommy by gifting him with a complimentary 60-day suspension of his law license.

As we speak (ca. January 2019), Tommy practices at 12 South San Gorgonio Avenue in Banning, California.