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of Florida, by way of a published opinion, approved the referee’s
findings and ordered petitioner disbarred as of that date. See
The Florida Bar v. Vannier, supra. Soon after, the State of
Missouri, relying on the Florida ruling, disbarred petitioner.
In January 1987, upon learning of the results of the Florida
decision, the Committee renewed its own moral character
investigation. Ultimately, petitioner was denied admission to
the California Bar based on facts found in the Florida ruling.
Around this time, petitioner and an acquaintance, Norman
Taylor (Mr. Taylor), envisioned starting a public interest law
firm that would assist consumers in securing refunds or
replacement vehicles for their defective automobiles pursuant to
Federal and State “lemon laws”. Petitioner believed that
establishing a firm specializing in lemon law would be a good
idea because these laws were not being enforced at that time. In
1988, petitioner and Mr. Taylor co-founded the Law Offices of
Norman Taylor (Taylor firm). The Taylor firm became very
successful at bringing about “results and reform” in lemon law.
Petitioner worked at the Taylor firm as a full-time
employee. Petitioner served as the firm’s Executive Director and
performed services as a “jack of all trades”. At times,
petitioner would assist on legal cases, allegedly performing only
paralegal work.
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