Current Status:  Disbarred

This member is prohibited from practicing law in California by order of the California Supreme Court.

See below for more details.

Profile Information

The following information is from the official records of The State Bar of California.

Bar Number:	104928
Address:	P O Box 1255 Sagle, ID 83860	Phone Number:	(208) 265-4153
		Fax Number:	(208) 865-5329
		e-mail:	lfmlqgm@pmjpnuaa.netreytswyji@rcsqnp.govstdloif@jwlaq.comkojtwugwn@qrpo.orgsteele@plainlawtalk.comdass@smj.govkyhnjl@jwpnqye.nettkfr@qsu.comrnunh@jwqaob.comltore@cjhcmq.netbdkof@djliqj.netegbqh@iumrli.comirbo@quw.netuqkqjl@jsjkaa.comphop@soj.comncuplj@uaaipuas.comyufqwthwr@tkopw.orggmhonie@gphhr.govhlsqtwbkm@wsrsakr.netywqoqgk@lhgyotnf.net
County:	Non-California	Undergraduate School:	Univ of Washington; Seattle WA
District:	Outside California
Sections:	None	Law School:	UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA

Status History

Effective Date	Status Change
Present	Disbarred
1/30/2014	Disbarred
10/21/2011	Not Eligible To Practice Law
1/10/2007	Inactive
1/18/2006	Active
1/1/2006	Inactive
12/3/1982	Admitted to The State Bar of California

Explanation of member status

Actions Affecting Eligibility to Practice Law

Effective Date	Description	Case Number	Resulting Status
Disciplinary and Related Actions Overview of the attorney discipline system.
1/30/2014	Disbarment	12-N-11134	Disbarred
8/10/2013	Ordered inactive	12-N-11134	Not Eligible To Practice Law
7/23/2012	Ordered inactive	12-N-11134	Not Eligible To Practice Law
10/21/2011	Interim suspension after conviction	11-C-14454	Not Eligible To Practice Law
Administrative Actions
This member has no public record of administrative actions.

State Bar Court Cases

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DISCLAIMER: Any posted Notice of Disciplinary Charges, Conviction Transmittal or other initiating document, contains only allegations of professional misconduct. The attorney is presumed to be innocent of any misconduct warranting discipline until the charges have been proven.

Effective Date	Case Number	Description
1/30/2014	12-N-11134	Decision [PDF] [WORD]
7/23/2012	12-N-11134	Order re Entry of Default [PDF]
10/21/2011	11-C-14454	Interim Suspension Order [PDF]
Pending	11-C-14454	Initiating Document [PDF]

California Bar Journal Discipline Summaries

Summaries from the California Bar Journal are based on discipline orders but are not the official records. Not all discipline actions have associated CBJ summaries. Copies of official attorney discipline records are available upon request.

January 30, 2014

EDGAR JAMES STEELE [#104928], 68, of Sagle, Idaho was disbarred Jan. 30, 2014 and ordered to comply with rule 9.20 of the California Rules of Court.

Steele was disbarred after his default was entered when he failed to respond to a notice of disciplinary charges filed by the State Bar. Because he did not move to have the default set aside within 120 days, as required by rule 5.85 of the Rules of Procedure, he was disbarred and the charges against him were deemed admitted.

Steele failed to obey a court order by not complying with rule 9.20 as required by a 2011 order by the Review Department. Steele was in federal prison when the notice of disciplinary charges was sent to him, but he did not reply or seek to have the matter abated because he was incarcerated.

Steele was convicted in May 2011 of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder for hire, use of explosive material to commit a federal felony, possession of a destructive device in relation to a crime of violence and tampering with a victim. All are felonies involving moral turpitude.