Judges and Judiciary
Nov. 8, 2024
Panel reverses attorney's sanction, bar referral for client's behavior
The Court of Appeal reversed Orange County Judge Kimberley A. Knill, who had sanctioned William L. Buus the maximum $1,500, referring him to the State Bar because his client's representative was absent when the trailing case was transferred and declared ready for trial.
There are only so many things an attorney can make his client do -- and getting him to board a cross-country plane to wait for a trailing trial date is not one of them, a court of appeal panel ruled, finding that a judge's $1,500 sanction on the attorney for his client's actions was in error and raised due process questions.
The 4th District Court of Appeal, Division 3, reversed Orange County Judge Kimberley A. Knill, who had sanctioned attorney William L. Buus the maxim...
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