Attorneys’ Oaths of Office (The State Bar Of California)

Dear Mark Ritchie,

Thank you for your patience.

The State Bar is in the process of assessing whether it has any documents responsive to your request. We anticipate having a final response by Wednesday, February 15.

Please note, however, that attorneys licensed in California are not required by law to carry malpractice/professional liability insurance. There is no central depository for this type of information, and the State Bar does not collect or maintain it. As such, we do not have any records responsive to the bond portion of your request.

The State Bar does require that attorneys disclose to clients in most instances if they do NOT carry malpractice insurance. 

Please see Rule 1.4.2 of the California Rules of Professional Conduct<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.calbar.ca.gov%2FPortals%2F0%2Fdocuments%2Frules%2FNew-Rules-of-Professional-Conduct-1.pdf&data=05%7C01%7Cpra%40calbar.ca.gov%7C44d58ea160354c37d57a08daa0fd4953%7C25577ba53ebd4ec590d70e8148a8318a%7C0%7C0%7C637999306972803596%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=UFJN4tB7qjyvWbOYvPDJPB7%2FtFMDENXvKAMHPDSVabk%3D&reserved=0> for details of when and how this applies.

Best regards,

Public Records Coordinator
The State Bar of California<http://www.calbar.ca.gov/> | 845 S. Figueroa St. | Los Angeles, CA 90017
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Dear Mr. Ritchie/Muckrock News,

In response to your request under the California Public Records Act requesting a copy of the attorney's oath taken and signed by the licensees below, attached are copies of the oath cards in the records of the Office of Attorney Regulation and Consumer Resources of the State Bar of California for the following three attorneys.

We have entered their name, bar number, and date of admission directly over the copy of the oath card that each submitted for admission. The bar number was assigned after the oath card was received and the attorney was admitted to the State Bar.

Manuel Vazquez, Cal. BAR No. 295576

Michael Raymond Sew Hoy, Cal. BAR No. 243391

Gary Y. Leung, Cal. BAR No. 302928

Our customary charge for certification of a record is $10.00. If you require certified copies of the attached three records, kindly mail your request and a check for $30.00 payable to ‘The State Bar of California’, to the attention of:

Louise Turner

The State Bar of California

Office of Attorney Regulation

180 Howard Street

San Francisco, CA 94105

The oath cards of the remaining two licensees on your list are maintained by the Supreme Court of California, not by the State Bar of California, and the State Bar has no copies to provide:

Roberto A. Tercero, Cal. BAR No. 143760
Michele W. Layne, Cal. BAR No. 118395

Sincerely,

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