Current Status:  Active

This member is active and may practice law in California.

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Profile Information

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

Bar Number:	206882
Address:	Law Offices of Peter L. Thottam 6230 Wilshire Blvd Ste 2000 Los Angeles, CA 90048 Map it	Phone Number:	(310) 497-7255
		Fax Number:	Not Available
		e-mail:	ulykcr@eqecd.govfaff@hoqw.edukweri@bmf.comqmaya@aiiqusfg.eduajjb@kpusbj.comdbsproj@tsr.edumuohtsgfh@melymlmw.netnnoimgsp@tnrl.comcisobdun@wqejblho.orgbcjbhwehr@kqobpwjc.orgpetethottam@gmail.comlper@nny.netaogbh@swggljtd.govpidwg@uhumsm.comkdbscl@nrhh.netftif@wlpjkw.orgwpultdn@ejei.comsgmmrgbay@cnsfg.comiepeosyu@kaieuwe.comhrrsyop@lhfop.net
County:	Los Angeles	Undergraduate School:	Yale Univ; New Haven CT
District:	District 2
Sections:	None	Law School:	UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hall; Berkeley CA

Status History

Effective Date	Status Change
Present	Active
1/29/2009	Active
10/31/2008	Not Eligible To Practice Law
1/2/2004	Active
1/1/2003	Inactive
6/5/2000	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.
10/31/2008	Discipline w/actual suspension	06-C-11344	Not Eligible To Practice Law
Administrative Actions
This member has no public record of administrative actions.

State Bar Court Cases

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Effective Date	Case Number	Description
11/1/2008	06-C-11344	Decision [PDF] [WORD]

California Bar Journal Discipline Summaries

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October 31, 2008

PETER L. THOTTAM [#206882], 37, of Los Angeles Thottam was convicted in 2004 of petty theft, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude.

After practicing law for several years, Thottam enrolled in an MBA program at UC Irvine. He decided to transfer after a year and tried to return his textbooks, worth hundreds of dollars, to the Irvine bookstore for full price. When the bookstore refused, Thottam became upset and took two other books, worth $71 from the store.

At the time, he was under a great deal of stress because his mother had had one leg amputated for gangrene but refused to allow doctors to remove the other diseased leg. She died a few weeks later of septicemia, gangrene of the lower extremities. Thottam admitted taking the books and told police about the stress he was under.

He failed to appear in court for the criminal matter and a bench warrant was issued. He ultimately pleaded guilty to misdemeanor petty theft but did not report the conviction to the State Bar.

In mitigation, he cooperated with the bar’s investigation and was under extreme stress. He received some mitigation for doing thousands of hours of volunteer work in support of various community and public policy causes.