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Discipline

Feb. 16, 2012

State Bar posts consumer alert on attorney's site

In discipline charges filed Friday, bar prosecutors claim that Darden, 52, misappropriated $438,300 .

By Don J. DeBenedictis
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SANTA ANA ? The State Bar on Tuesday posted a "consumer alert" on the member webpage of Concord lawyer Timothy Michael Darden accusing him of "a major misappropriation of client funds."

In discipline charges filed Friday, bar prosecutors claim that Darden, 52, misappropriated $438,300 from a blind woman, Janet Stites, and another $32,500 from a friend, Richard Stickney, who had referred the woman to Darden. In re: Dar...

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