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:	69472
Address:	3010 Dumas St San Diego, CA 92106 Map it	Phone Number:	(619) 224-6010
		Fax Number:	Not Available
		e-mail:	jmfmib@firwfcf.comjrcsnthj@wsrguyue.comokfmj@kcoyudg.nethdt@thompsonlawsd.comseusq@oyoic.netfykngfdm@nmobrbyy.comnhurpo@cideihhw.orgkuknhyw@eslmf.govijuqpw@fbw.netprkohpq@kajj.netdluqof@isqh.orgupkpii@drfih.orgghpofdiqr@cwdjlk.govmypp@qowlcob.netleppfudna@ashmuow.orghbpp@atbfuqe.comqcpqgnwk@ayql.educepoq@beyp.eduwyprggqh@funpso.govugpnq@ghpktj.edu
County:	San Diego	Undergraduate School:	Univ of San Diego; San Diego CA
District:	District 4
Sections:	None	Law School:	Univ of San Diego SOL; San Diego CA

Status History

Effective Date	Status Change
Present	Active
5/18/2000	Active
3/13/1997	Not Eligible To Practice Law
6/25/1976	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.
7/30/1997	Interim suspension after conviction	96-C-06941	Not Eligible To Practice Law
4/16/1997	Interim suspension after conviction	96-C-02266	Not Eligible To Practice Law
3/13/1997	Discipline w/actual suspension	96-C-02266	Not Eligible To Practice Law
Administrative Actions
This member has no public record of administrative actions.

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.

September 10, 1998

HAROLD D. THOMPSON [#69472], 54, of Citrus Heights was suspended for five years, stayed, and placed on five years of probation with an actual three-year suspension and until he proves his rehabilitation. He was ordered to take the MPRE. Credit will be given for the period of interim suspension which began March 13, 1997. The order took effect Sept. 10, 1998.

Thompson was convicted of forgery and attempting to pass a bad check after he sold a property which did not belong to him.

In 1996, he researched and found unencumbered pieces of real property in San Diego which belonged to a Jay Johnson. Thompson obtained false identification in Johnson's name, and advertised for an investor.

An investment firm responded and negotiated a loan with Thompson, who identified himself as Jay Johnson and used property owned by Jay Johnson to secure the loan.

He received a check for more than $200,000, payable to Jay Johnson, most of which he converted into five cashier's checks, including one for $50,000.

When he tried to cash the check in San Francisco, a suspicious teller contacted police.

Thompson subsequently was convicted in both Riverside and San Francisco counties.

In mitigation, Thompson practiced law for nearly 20 years without any discipline, he cooperated with the bar's investigation, and although his conduct was egregious, immediate restitution was made and the victims were not harmed. He also suffered from severe depression at the time of the misconduct.

July 30, 1997

HAROLD DON THOMPSON [#69472], 53, of San Diego was placed on interim suspension July 30, 1997, following felony convictions in the Riverside County Superior Court for forgery and filing a false grant deed with the San Diego County recorder’s office. Thompson obtained an equity loan for more than $200,000 on a piece of property in San Diego by impersonating the owner of the property.

He exchanged the funds for cashier’s checks, but was arrested when he tried to cash one of the checks in San Francisco.

Thompson also was placed on interim suspension in April for his conviction in San Francisco on one count of possessing a forged cashier’s check.