Three lawyers resigned from the state bar after being accused of filing frivolous lawsuits to extract settlement money from thousands of immigrant-owned businesses.
The lawyers were facing disbarment over alleged ethics violations but decided Thursday not to fight the proceedings.
Damian Trevor, Shane C. Hahn and Allan Hendrickson of the Trevor Law Group in Beverly Hills are accused of abusing a decades-old consumer protection law that lets plaintiffs file lawsuits even if they haven't been directly harmed.
I guess this is good news, though I was looking forward to reading about the prosecution. Just yesterday the Attorney General decided to go after another law firm, Brar & Gamulin, for doing the same thing . . . . Read more about Trevor, Hahn, and Hendrickson here and here. (AG link via So Cal Law Blog)