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Attorney Jan Versteeg of Huntington Beach, CA; repeat offender
The state of California provided Jan Willem Versteeg with a law license in 1979 after he graduated from Western State University Law School in Fullerton, California.
The California Bar Court found Jan guilty of misconduct on at least two occasions as set forth below.
Jan’s 1st bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree
Jan was paid $1,500 by an 85-year-old client who was legally blind and a conservatee of the state to recover her deceased husband’s assets. Subsequently, Jan recovered $36,000 for his client but he failed to inform the Public Guardian or the probate court of his receipt of said funds. Jan then paid himself a fee out of the $36,000 and in doing so he knowingly violated California Probate Rules
The same client then asked Jan to terminate the conservatorship. He agreed to do so at $200 an hour and sent her a letter offering to remove his fees from the money he held for her in his client rust account. Jan then withdrew more than $13,000 of the client’s funds for his fees; however, he again failed to obtain permission from his client and the Public Guardian or the statutorily required approval of the court before taking the funds.
As a consequence of his misconduct, the supporters for Attorney Misfits sitting on the California Bar Court punished Jan by gifting him with a complimentary stayed 1-year suspension of his law license. In truth, the comedians sitting on the California Bar Court didn’t mete out any meaningful punishment to Van.
Jan’s 2nd bite at the Attorney Misfit Apple Tree
In a probate case wherein Jan withdrew as counsel due to a deteriorating relationship with his client, he eventually filed a libel suit against the client. Jan attached numerous documents to the complaint, including copies of confidential written correspondence between himself and the client, including the client’s Social Security Number.
In another matter, Jan was hired to review a family trust to determine if the client, the trustee, could sell of home that was a trust asset.
When the client tried to sell the property, the son filed suit. Subsequently, Jan represented the son and provided him with confidential information he received from his client in the matter. Apparently, Jan isn’t intelligent enough to understand what constitutes a “conflict of interest.”
As a consequence of his misconduct, the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the California Bar Court punished Jan by gifting him with a complimentary 90-day suspension of his law license. Jan told advised the client he couldn’t do so unless the homeowner’s son agreed to its sale.
As we speak (ca. December 2012) Jan practices at 4952 Warner Avenue in Huntington Beach, California.
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