Attorney Jeffrey Benice of Costa Mesa, CA; ethical goblin

The California Supreme Court presented Jeffrey S. Benice with a law license in 1978 after he graduated from the University of Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law.

The State Bar Court has charged Jeff with engaging in the following misconduct.

• Failed to report over $2,000 in judicial monetary sanctions lodged against him to the State Bar within 30 days as mandated to do under the Rules of Professional Conduct
• Made statements to a tribunal that he knew or should have known were false and misleading
• Committed an act involving moral turpitude, dishonesty, or corruption
• Filed declaration under penalty of perjury regarding client representation to mislead a trial court judge
• LA Superior Court ruled that Jeff had filed a motion that was frivolous [BS] and filed in bad faith

All that’s left now is to see what if any punishment is meted out to Jeff by the enablers for Attorney Misfits sitting on the California State Bar Court.

Because Attorney Misfits in California are held to a much lower standard of conduct then everyone else, Jeff has not been criminally charged with perjury.

And lastly, as one would suspect, Jeff fails to mention the misconduct set forth above on his self-serving website at www.jeffreybenice.com. Apparently, he chose to conceal this relevant information from prospective clients for the purpose of not limiting his future victim pool.

As we speak (ca. August 2020), Jeff practices his brand of law with Benice Law at 3080 Bristol Street in Costa Mesa, California.