Targeted Misconduct

From the web page of the California Bar Journal

[An attorney] was suspended from the practice of law for two years and ordered to take the MPRE and comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. He was also placed on three years’ probation and faces a three-year suspension if he does not comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court. The order took effect Oct. 4, 2014.

Osborn was suspended following convictions in seven different matters. Six were convictions related to his driving on a suspended license. In the seventh, he pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree commercial burglary and one count of possession of burglary tools, both misdemeanors.

On July 1, 2013, Osborn covered the front license plate of his car with a plastic bag and walked into a Target store in Seal Beach intending to steal a laptop cord. Osborn had a folding box cutter with him. Target loss prevention officers noticed him acting suspicious in the electronics department and saw him put the laptop cord down the front of his pants. After he left the store without paying, loss prevention personnel recovered the item from him in the parking lot. Police later contacted him at a nearby hotel, where he was staying.

(Mike Frisch)

In mitigation, Osborn entered into a pretrial stipulation with the State Bar. He received limited mitigation for receiving treatment for a drug abuse problem he had at the time of his misconduct.