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:	77867
Address:	2015 Hillsboro Ave Los Angeles, CA 90034	Phone Number:	(310) 202-1549
		Fax Number:	(310) 559-4312
		e-mail:	Not Available
County:	Los Angeles	Undergraduate School:	Univ of California Berkeley; Berkeley CA
District:	District 2
Sections:	None	Law School:	USC Law School; Los Angeles CA

Status History

Effective Date	Status Change
Present	Disbarred
4/23/2005	Disbarred
7/20/2001	Not Eligible To Practice Law
12/21/1977	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.
4/23/2005	Disbarment	00-C-11715	Disbarred
7/20/2001	Interim suspension after conviction	00-C-11715	Not Eligible To Practice Law
Administrative Actions
9/3/2002	Admin Inactive/MCLE noncompliance		Not Eligible To Practice Law

State Bar Court Cases

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Effective Date	Case Number	Description
4/23/2005	00-C-11715	Decision [PDF]

California Bar Journal Discipline Summaries

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April 24, 2005

JOHN J. REINER [#77867], 57, of Los Angeles was summarily disbarred April 24, 2005, and was ordered to comply with rule 955.

In 2001, Reiner was convicted of two counts of attempted extortion and one count of conspiracy to commit extortion. Both are felonies that involve moral turpitude.

The convictions stemmed from Reiner's effort to extort $310,000 from attorney Edward Masry and Erin Brockovich by threatening that unless paid for their silence, two individuals would go to the media and claim that Masry and Brockovich had a sexual relationship and that Brockovich was a bad mother.

July 20, 2001

JOHN JEFFREY REINER [#77867], 54, of Los Angeles was placed on interim suspension July 20, 2001, following a felony conviction of extortion.