The Law Office Of Brenda Mccune
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The Law Office Of Brenda Mccune has 1.0 star rating based on 8 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
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Pros: Day she was disbarred.
Cons: Clerical issues, Did not do the job, Did not provide billing.Most users ask The Law Office Of Brenda Mccune for the refund as a solution to their issues.
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The Law Office Of Brenda Mccune has 1.0 star rating based on 8 customer reviews. Consumers are mostly dissatisfied.
- Rating Distribution
Pros: Day she was disbarred.
Cons: Clerical issues, Did not do the job, Did not provide billing.Most users ask The Law Office Of Brenda Mccune for the refund as a solution to their issues.
Consumers are not pleased with Customer service and Diversity of Products or Services. The price level of this organization is high according to consumer reviews.
Immediate Openings
I have immediate openings for associate attorneys at my law firm starting pay $185,000 per year. Of course, I do require that you are not a student debtor.
Yes for that type of position, I can and do check your credit. It MUST show no student loans or any loans of any kind. Yes, you think that with that salary I could pay such loans, but I don't hire any people with any loans. I only hire gracious people.
Please call 866-208-**** if interested and ask for Mr. Miller.
Please be advised that you cannot block caller id when calling a toll free number. My secretary screens all calls, and I do not have an answering machine, never have, never will.
- Day she was disbarred
- Took money did not do the work
Preferred solution: Full refund
Brenda McCune
Brenda McCune is a wonderful attorney who did everything completely proper with my case. Can you see my nose growing?
- Brenda mccune herself
Preferred solution: Full refund
Please contact me for class action suit
I paid Brenda in full. 6 months later she tells me i owe her 16,000 or she wont go to court with me.
She didnt bother to show up the next week and sent someone from her office who knew nothing and caused me to lose alot of money. Then she refused to answer my phone calls. I fired her then 2 years later she sends me a bill for 26,000.00. She is a thief!!!
Her practice leaves her clients broke and hanging. She refused to talk at our conference in the courthouse. I later found out she was going through a divorce of her own and was so busy dealing with that and just wanted to get mine over with so she could leave. My friend was with me and was so upset at the way she was ignoring me and dealing with her own issues.
She literally left me in the dark and her staff had to lie for her.
How sad is that. She is bad bad bad and never again will i be dooped!
Unprofessional and condescending
She was handling a dissolution of marriage between my ex husband and I. We had no shared assets, no children. There seemed to have been a lack of urgency in regards to paperwork and everything else for that matter as the divorce took over two years to complete. I believe she took this case on as a favor for my ex mother law or traded services so this case was not a priority. I had assumed it was my ex delaying the process for months at a time but clearly, after reading the reviews, I know that the lack of action was on her part. As communication with my ex and I completely ceased, there was still the issue of obtaining my property from my ex husbands residence. Brenda offered to mediate an exchange of property. I delayed this process as a family member of mine who was on good terms with my ex husband offered to obtain my property. Shortly after I received a letter from Brenda's office. This is a direct paragraph from the letter.
" Please also note, as of your signature on the judgement on August 20, 2012, the filing fees with the court had increased from what I had quoted you many months ago. I have covered the short fall of your filing fees, as an additional extension of courtesy to you. Given your public complaining about the length of time your case has taken to reach completion, and your utter inability to accept responsibility for your own part in the delay, this office has no further professional courtesy to extend to you. Do not contact me with any request to mediate a time or place for an exchange of your property. One week from the date of this letter. he has no obligation to accommodate your schedule, and this office has no further patience to do so either."
The professional extension of courtesy would have been to notify me that court filing fees had gone up. The professional extension of courtesy would be to not stalk my personal Facebook posts and then proceed to point that out in a 'professional letter'. The professional courtesy would have been to accept her "utter inability to accept responsibility for her own part in the delay."
- Unprofessional work ethic
- Not being notified of filing fee change
- Did not provide billing
Failure to communicate with client. Failure to perform with competence. Failure to Render Accounts of Client Fund
P UB LIC MATTER
STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TRIAL COUNSEL
No. 186945, 15
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JAYNE KIM, No. 174614
CHIEF TRIAL COUNSEL
JOSEPH R. CARLUCCI, No. 172309 DEPUTY CHIEF TRIAL COUNSEL MELANIE J. LAWRENCE, No. 230102 ASSISTANT CHIEF TRIAL COUNSEL HUGH G. RADIGAN, No. 94251 DEPUTY TRIAL COUNSEL
845 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California 90017-**** Telephone: (213) 765-****
FILED FEB 2 0 2015
STATE BARCOURT CLERICS OFFICE
LOS ANGELES
STATE BAR COURT
HEARING DEPARTMENT - LOS ANGELES
The State Bar of California alleges:
JURISDICTION
1. Brenda Lynn McCune ("Respondent") was admitted to the practice of law in the State
of California on December 16, 1996, was a member at all times pertinent to these charges, and is currently a member of the State Bar of California.
COUNT ONE
Case No. 14-0-0****
Business and Professions Code, section 6068(m)
[Failure to Communicate with Client]
2. Respondent failed to communicate with her client, Suzanne Brown, by not
substantively responding to at least seven reasonable requests for information, which respondent received, in a matter in which respondent had agreed to provide legal services between on or about February 24, 2014 and June 17, 2014, in willful_violation of Business and Professions Code, section 6068(m).
COUNT TWO
Case No. 14-0-0****
Rules of Professional Conduct, rule 3-110(A)
[Failure to Perform with Competence]
In or about February 2011, Suzanne Brown employed Respondent to perform legal services, namely to file and prosecute a petition for the dissolution of marriage in the California 19
Superior Court, styled Suzanne Brown v. Alexander Brown., Case No. 11D001397, which 20
Respondent intentionally, recklessly, or repeatedly failed to perform with competence, in willful 21
violation of Rules of Professional Conduct, rule 3-110(A), by: 22
Filing an At-Issue Memorandum requesting a trial date to be scheduled, but failing to secure a trial date;
Failing to seek a resolution or otherwise finalize the dissolution of the client’s marriage; and
Failing to cooperate with subsequent counsel, Jeffery Lonner, by not communicating with him and not signing the substitution of attorney form.
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The State Bar of California alleges:
JURISDICTION
1. Brenda Lynn McCune ("Respondent") was admitted to the practice of law in the State
of California on December 16, 1996, was a member at all times pertinent to these charges, and is currently a member of the State Bar of California.
COUNT ONE
Case No. 14-0-0****
Business and Professions Code, section 6068(m)
[Failure to Communicate with Client]
2. Respondent failed to communicate with her client, Suzanne Brown, by not
substantively responding to at least seven reasonable requests for information, which respondent received, in a matter in which respondent had agreed to provide legal services between on or about February 24, 2014 and June 17, 2014, in willful_violation of Business and Professions Code, section 6068(m).
COUNT TWO
Case No. 14-0-0****
Rules of Professional Conduct, rule 3-110(A)
[Failure to Perform with Competence]
3. In or about February 2011, Suzanne Brown employed Respondent to perform legal
services, namely to file and prosecute a petition for the dissolution of marriage in the California 19
Superior Court, styled Suzanne Brown v. Alexander Brown., Case No. 11D001397, which 20
Respondent intentionally, recklessly, or repeatedly failed to perform with competence, in willful 21
violation of Rules of Professional Conduct, rule 3-110(A), by: 22
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a.
b.
c.
Filing an At-lssue Memorandum requesting a trial date to be scheduled, but failing to secure a trial date;
Failing to seek a resolution or otherwise finalize the dissolution of the client’s marriage; and
Failing to cooperate with subsequent counsel, Jeffery Lonner, by not communicating with him and not signing the substitution of attorney form.
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COUNT THREE
Case No. 14-0-0****
Rules of Professional Conduct, role 4- 100(B)(3)
[Failure to Render Accounts of Client Funds]
On or about January 3, 2014, Respondent received from Respondent’s client, Suzanne
Brown, the sum of $15,000 as advanced fees and costs for legal services to be performed. Respondent
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thereafter failed to render an appropriate accounting to the client regarding those funds in entirety
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following the client’s request for such accounting on or about August 19, 2014. in willful violation of the Rules of Professional Conduct, rule 4-100(B)(3).
NOTICE - INACTIVE ENROLLMENT!
YOU ARE HEREBY FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT IF THE STATE BAR COURT FINDS, PURSUANT TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE SECTION 6007(c), THAT YOUR CONDUCT POSES A SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF HARM TO THE INTERESTS OF YOUR CLIENTS OR TO THE PUBLIC, YOU MAY BE INVOLUNTARILY ENROLLED AS AN INACTIVE MEMBER OF THE STATE BAR. YOUR INACTIVE ENROLLMENT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO ANY DISCIPLINE RECOMMENDED BY THE COURT.
NOTICE - COST ASSESSMENT!
IN THE EVENT THESE PROCEDURES RESULT IN PUBLIC
DISCIPLINE, YOU MAY BE SUBJECT TO THE PAYMENT OF COSTS INCURRED BY THE STATE BAR IN THE INVESTIGATION, HEARING AND REVIEW OF THIS MATTER PURSUANT TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE SECTION 6086.10.
Respectfully submitted,
THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TRIAL COUNSEL
Hugh ~. Rad~an Deputy Trial Counsel
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- Did not do substitute of attorney
- California state bar complaint
- Did not file needed paperwork
Attorney Brenda Lynn McCune Unethical Legal Practices Discipline By California State Bar
Brenda Lynn McCune is nothing but a thief and a fake.
She takes money for legal services and does not perform the work.
Wherever you go there you are Brenda McCune. You have left a path of destruction and you have hurt countless people with your greed and irresponsible behavior. You profess to care about people and family law. However, the very people you were supposed to protect and guide you failed.
You have no ethics and no morals. You say you are a christian.
First thing you should do is look in the mirror and start being honest with yourself. Then, pull out your client list and start calling all the people you harmed, you know who they are. There is a very long list of complaints filed at the California State Bar. If you don't have a list handy maybe you can get the list from them.
You might also consider telling your pastor and church about how you have harmed others. How you really speak to clients on the phone and how rude and arrogant you are. Your unethical behavior is flagrant.
You acted irresponsibly and you are so disconnected from reality that you are not present to what you are doing and the negative effect you are having on people. You say your son's baseball accident changed you. Does that mean it made you take people's money and not perform the work? Did it change you not to return client calls? Did it change you to be rude, arrogant and dismissive to clients? Did it change you to blame the clients verses looking in the mirror and taking responsibility for your actions. YOu are in "la la land" Brenda McCune.
Get real and to really get God you need to first take an honest look at what you have done to others. You should seek serious counseling for how you can twist the real facts and blame others. You should seek help for why you think it is ok to repeatedly lie to your clients telling them you are going to call them and never do.
Seek help for all your habitual lies that are so part of your everyday that you can't even see them. Seek help for all the money you took from clients without doing the work or providing any value. You know you over-billed and sucked hours to pad your pocket. You are so far out in left field it is stunning. And, the California State Bar Website has all the documentation with more on the way I am sure.
Brenda, maybe your divorce has something to do with you and your behavior? Maybe the failure of your law firm and the lien against your building has something to do with you. Maybe the lack of clients has to do with all your negative reviews and State Bar complaints. You can move on to something else if it is done with integrity. To blame law or clients for your issues is just blame and your issues will continue to follow you wherever you go. You have such a high level of self-entitlement and arrogance that you radiate deep hurt and pain underlying your issues and all of this is unresolved.
STATE BAR COURT HEARING DEPARTMENT - LOS ANGELES In the Matter of: BRENDA LYNN MCCUNE, No 186945 Case 13-0-1**** NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY CHARGES
2. On or about November 15, 2013 Plaintiff employed Brenda Lynn McCune to represent her in a martial dissolution matter which Brenda Lynn McCune intentially, recklessly, or repeatedly failed to perform with competence, by failign to prepare the required stipulated judgement in a timely fashion, or otherwise provide any legal services of value between on or about November 15, 2012 and June 17, 2013, and by failing to provide status updates and accounting during that period, in willful violation of Rules of Professional Conduct, rul 3-110(A).
3. On or about November 15, 2012, Respondent received advanced fees of $2,500 from a client for purposes of securing a marital dissolution. Respondent performed no services of value on behalf of the lclient and therefore earned none of the advanced fees paid. Respondent failed to refund promptly, updon Respondents termination of employment on or about June 17, 2013 any part of the $2,500 fee, in willful violation of Rules of Professional Conduct.
4. Respondent failed to release promptly after termination of Respondent's employment on or about June 17, 2013 to Respondent's client all of the client's papers and property following the client's request for file on June 17, 2013.
5. On or about November 15, 2012 the client received $2,500 but failed to render an appropriate accounting to the client regarding those funds following the client's request for such accounting on or about June 17, 2013.
6. Brenda Lynn McCune failed to cooperate and participate in a disciplinary investigation pending against her by failing to provide a substantive response to the State Bar's letters of September 10, 2013 and September 16, 2013 which Respondent received, that requested Respondents response to the allegations of misconduct being investigated in Case 13-0-1**** in willful violation of Business and Professions Code section 6068(i).
NOTICE - INACTIVE ENROLLMENT! YOU ARE HEREBY FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT IF THE STATE BAR COURT FINDS PURSUANT TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE SETION 6007(C), THAT YOUR CONDUCT POSES A SUBTANTIAL THREAT OF HARM TO THE INTERESTS OF YOUR CLIENTS OR TO THE PUBLIC, YOU MAY BE INVOLUNTARILY ENROLED AS AN INACTIVE MEMBER OF THE STATE BAR. YOUR INACTIVE ENROLLMENT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO ANY DISCIPLINE RECOMMENDED BY THE COURT July 14, 2014
Very Bad Attorney
I worked for this attorney and witnessed first hand how she treated clients and her staff. I was at "ground zero" so I saw what really went on behind closed doors.
1. She did not return phone calls and had staff lie to clients and make up things to tell them....repeatedly.
2. She'd let a file sit and sit and sit and not address it and then turn around and make up something bad about the client and twist the lack of work and results in a way that the client was to blame.
3. She was always texting or on twitter talking about her hikes, what a great day it was but she would tell clients she was sick. She even told a client she would call them on the weekend (Saturday) as the client waited WEEKS to get a return call only to never call the client.
4. After she got a letter from the California State Bar she went back to her social media accounts and deleted her hikes and "fun" so that it aligned with her story that she she was going through a rough patch in her life. A lot of people go through rough patches, my friend is an accountant and lost her son to cancer and worked during her grieving process and traumatic event, she never lied to clients, took money and she worked hard and did her job.
5. Last I heard she was losing her office, was having financial issues (again) and the Cal State Bar finally has caught up to her. They should call her old clients during 2010, 2011 ****....using Court Records and interview them to see what is true....especially the ones that substituted out....there is a long paper trail of unhappy clients that she did wrong and I am sure they would all talk and support it with evidence.
No refund of funds for Retainer
She tried to manage my Family Law case; Never made any progress in the first year; finally after NO refund of some the Retainer funds - she 'pocketed' all $5000 with no accounting of the year of work, and she STILL did not get to finality of the Court documents for both sides for the court for closure on 'court official documents' until we had to 'FIRE HER'. So we needed to move on to a 'new/Family attorney' who is doing the job that she was chartered to do. After a few months of requests for remainder of Retainer funds with accounting, she vanished out-of-site.
- Clerical issues
- No billing 1 yr - of fees
- Did not do the job
Preferred solution: Full refund
Please never hire this ex lawyer
she represented me through Jarvis Kreiger Sullivan firm in oc. She was unprepared , unprofessional and unethical.
When I first met her she sounded assuring & competent ; she Talks a good game but delivers lousy . To start , she arrived to court (late), decided to make some copies right before the judge called her . Before she left she told me that if the judge asked for her I should say that she went to make copies ! The judge waited for her until she needed to move on.
My case was sent to another judge that was unsympathetic to my side and evantually I lost the case and $50000 along with it .
In the afternoon session she made the judge wait again for her to come back . However , this time , the judge asked the bailif to look for her !
Brenda McCune Took My Money Promised Results And Scammed Me
I paid Brenda McCune for family law legal services. She claimed to be a family law specialist. The only thing she was "special" at was swindling my money. She did not perform the services I requested of her. She did not write up the orders or file them with the court. And, she missed paperwork and deadlines. She is a total crook and makes up crazy stories to try and cover herself. She is loathsome and unprofessional.
Her character and actions/inactions lead me to surmise that she is a narcissist.
Narcissists promise the world but give you only a plot of dirt. Despite their extravagant promises, it is crucial to have low expectations for what they will actually deliver or you will end up perpetually disappointed.
Narcissists give just the minimum necessary to sustain your association with them. The promises and even low level delivery will end abruptly as soon as you no longer serve a purpose for them. Keep in mind that anything they DO deliver you will pay dearly for—in some shape or form.
Brenda McCune wanted my money, I was her narcissistic supply. She took it and didn't do the job. She has done this to countless others.
Attorney Brenda Lynn McCune Not Eligible To Practice Law
To all consumers -
Please be careful about Attorney Brenda Lynn McCune who lives in California and practices law in Orange County. She primarily focuses on victims in family law and divorce.
This attorney is NOT eligible to practice law but is still soliciting clients. Protect yourselves.
She has a reputation throughout Orange County amongst consumers, paralegals and other attorney's of not having her act together, missing deadlines, not returning calls, disorganization, taking money and not doing the work, poor work product and operating outside of the Code of Ethics for her profession.
Be careful out there there are a lot of bad attorney's
- Did not do the job
- Violated california state bar code
- No return calls
UNETHICAL Attorney Brenda Lynn McCune Law Firm Yorba Linda Orange County
See AVVO.com for additional complaints.
Suspended Attorney...
Posted by a Family client,
Overall rating PoorTrustworthy PoorResponsive PoorKnowledgeable PoorKept me informed Poor
I do not recommend Brenda McCune.
I hired Brenda 6-12 months ago.
Brenda handled my Family matter.
I have previously worked with no lawyers.
Could not finish my case due to her being suspended by the State Bar of California. I should have investigated this attorney instead of relaying on a recommendation. I now see Ms. McCune was on probation and under another investigation late last year. Why did she take on my case if she knew she had an ongoing case against her which she choose to ignore versus responding to the charges? Did she not know in ignoring repeated request by the State Bar would result in a suspension? Is that why she didn't bother paying her annual attorney membership fee? Why did she not disclose this to me when she took my retainer? Now I need to get another attorney to pick up where Ms. McCune left off. And she has the nerve to tell her clients that she is retiring. Shame on her..
Brenda Lynn McCune, Attorney, Council Member 55th Central California, California State Bar Complaints, Unethical
On-going unethical practices. Taking client's money and not performing the value. Lien on law firm property. Not paying bills. Failure to refund client's money. Numerous California State Bar complaints.
Brenda Lynn McCuneAttorney, Council Member 55th Central CaliforniaThis attorney has yet another California State Bar Complaint
Buyer and Voter Be Careful. She also is trying to market herself as a coach, political blogger, council member, republican and christian.
Case 13-0-1**** NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY CHARGES
July 14, 2014
Count 1 - Failure to Perform With Competence
Count 2 - Failure to Refund Unearned Fees
Count 3 - Failure to Release File
Count 4 - Failure to Render Accounts of Client's Funds
Count 5 - Failure to Cooperate in State Bar Investigation
Notice of Inactive Enrollment
A PDF File of the full complaint can be found on the California State Bar Website.
ALSO NOTE THE LIEN SALE NOTICE AGAINST BRENDA LYNN MCCUNE LAW OFFICE.
THIS ATTORNEY HAS ETHICAL ISSUES, TAKES CLIENT'S MONEY AND DOES NOT PERFORM SERVICES. HER TRACK RECORD GOES BACK MANY YEARS.
BUYER BEWARE. VOTER BEWARE.
http://mybuenapark.com/sites/default/files/12-15-ind-06-06-14.pdf
NOTICE OF LIEN SALE Notice is given that pursuant to sections 21700-2**** of the Business and Professions Code, Section 2328 of the Commercial Code, Section 535 of the Penal Code that Instorage Yorba Linda at 17071 Imperial Highway, Yorba Linda, CA 92886 will sell by competitive bidding, on or after June 26, 2014 at 10:00 am, property belonging to those listed below. Auction to be held at the above address. Property to be sold as follows: household goods, furniture, personal items, clothing, electronics, tools, auto parts and miscellaneous unknown boxes, belonging to the following:
LOVINGOOD, MARK RECASNER, RONALD Emley, GraemeBRENDA McCUNE, LAW OFFICE OF Howard, Jerome JANKE, LINDA L. 6/6, 6/13/14 CNS-262****# THE INDEPENDENT BP/ANA Independent 14-8**** Publish June 6, 13, 2014
http://www.smartvoter.org/2012/06/05/ca/or/ballot.html
http://www.bmccunelawfirm.com
California State Bar http://www.calbar.ca.gov
Attorney Brenda McCune Brea California Not Eligible To Practice Law Notice of Disciplinary Charges Filed
Attention consumers: Please be aware that Attorney Brenda Lynn McCune is NOT eligible to practice law in the state of California. We are aware of several people being solicited by this attorney when her law license was not valid. Please call the California State Bar if you are approached by her for your business or she requests money from you to help you from the "side". She does not have a valid law license.
If you are considering working with her you are advised to read all the pleadings on the California State Bar website. There appears to be complaints about the misuse of client funds and/or not performing the services she was retained to perform. There appears to be ethical violations that may or may not carry over to other activities. We cannot state either way. We can only advise you to read all the complaints with the California State Bar.
Actions Affecting Eligibility to Practice Law
Effective Date Description Case Number Resulting Status
Disciplinary and Related Actions
Overview of the attorney discipline system.
11/20/2014 Notice of Disc Charges Filed in SBCt 14-O-01234
- Co-dependent
- Did not return money
- Unethical
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So much for Brittney Chavira, calling in sick on probation and faking maternity leave. So much for Brittany Hughes, calling in sick on probation. So much for Lionel Martinez, calling in sick on probation.