Current Status:  Not eligible to practice law (Not Entitled)

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Profile Information

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

Bar Number:	166113
Address:	Law Offices of David B. Prince PO Box 33144 Los Gatos, CA 95031	Phone Number:	(408) 741-5174
		Fax Number:	(408) 741-5174
		e-mail:	pseqcgfku@cmrl.edurhngb@pklqwf.compygkrc@swa.orgrdmljrrc@unusc.govpehfjubdy@sfgunia.orgrykrr@trjcemmj.netpijabp@lboenmna.edurriycdyj@gtegq.govpmlrqlutc@mushk.govrngek@bbgkl.govpqnmig@edgufba.govrjfkrndq@odmr.netpwogabpmf@fnh.eduqfdpc@fidtsel.orgpcqbpu@ugunwn.orgqabwkyha@akt.netpgsthplfh@wgtcfad.comqtads@jpbe.comlexprince@aol.comqpwidjmh@jreqlgpw.net
County:	Santa Clara	Undergraduate School:	San Jose State Univ; San Jose CA
District:	District 6
Sections:	None	Law School:	Regent Univ SOL; Virginia Beach VA

Status History

Effective Date	Status Change
Present	Not Eligible To Practice Law
12/11/2011	Not Eligible To Practice Law
12/2/1993	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.
12/11/2011	Interim suspension after conviction	10-C-02277	Not Eligible To Practice Law
11/22/2007	Discipline, probation; no actual susp.	05-O-03195
Administrative Actions
This member has no public record of administrative actions.

State Bar Court Cases

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Effective Date	Case Number	Description
12/11/2011	10-C-02277	Interim Suspension Order [PDF]
11/22/2007	05-O-03195	Stipulation [PDF]
11/22/2007	05-O-03195	Modification Order [PDF]
Pending	10-C-02277	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.

November 22, 2007

DAVID BOYER PRINCE [#166113], 45, of Los Gatos was suspended for one year, stayed, placed on two years of probation and was ordered to take the MPRE within one year and make restitution. The order took effect Nov. 22, 2007.

Prince stipulated to five counts of misconduct in two client matters.

He filed an action, and a second and third amended complaints, in state court stemming from a custody dispute and juvenile dependency proceeding. The day after filing the third amended complaint, he filed a similar action in federal court, containing the same claims for relief against the same defendants.

When Prince declined to dismiss the federal case, as requested by counsel for the defendants, they filed a motion to dismiss and a motion for sanctions. The court imposed sanctions against Prince totaling $4,875 after finding the filing was improper and that plaintiffs were trying to “forum shop or to delay and beleaguer opposing counsel.”

He did not pay the sanctions or report them to the bar for more than a year.

Prince stipulated that he failed to perform legal services competently or report sanctions to the bar, and he disobeyed a court order.

In another matter, he filed a complaint on behalf of two clients who wanted to obtain a conservatorship for their father. The clients believed their father’s second wife had taken some of his assets. Prince filed a complaint, which involved an accounting of proceeds totaling about $238,000 from the sale of a house the father and the second wife lived in.

When the case was transferred from Santa Clara to Placer County, an attorney with whom Prince associated gave the defendants’ attorney an extension because he was not notified about the court’s receipt of the file. Although the statutory time frame for responding had not expired, Prince filed for default. He misrepresented to the court that the defendants had been served with the notice of receipt of the file by the court clerk.

When the default was granted, Prince attempted to engage in settlement negotiations and then filed a request for a court judgment. The court entered a judgment of $266,754 in favor of Prince’s clients.

The other side won sanctions against Prince for violating the Code of Civil Procedure.

The conservatorship was terminated and Prince was ordered to refund the clients’ fee. He did not do so, nor did he pay the $7,000 sanction order.

He stipulated that he failed to perform competent legal services or obey a court order.

In mitigation, he had no prior discipline record.