Two San Jose Lawyers Lose Their Efforts to Avoid Suspension from Practice

• Jurisdiction: California,United States
• Citation: Vol. 09 No. 2010 Pg. 06
• Publication year: 2010
• Pages: 06
• Year: 2010

California Bar Journal 2010.

CBJ - September 2010 #06. Two San Jose lawyers lose their efforts to avoid suspension from practice

The California Lawyer
September 2010

Two San Jose lawyers lose their efforts to avoid suspension from practice

By Nancy McCarthy
Staff Writer

The California Supreme Court last month declined to hear appeals by two San Jose lawyers who sought to avoid suspension because of their misconduct. The State Bar Court had recommended that former Santa Clara County deputy district attorney Benjamin Field and criminal defense attorney Jamie L. Harmon be suspended. Their cases are not related.

Benjamin Field

Field (bar number 168197) will be suspended for four years and placed on five years of probation as a result of misconduct in four matters. Harmon (bar number 112320) will get a six-month suspension and two years of probation for committing nine acts of misconduct in six matters.

The State Bar Court's review department had recommended the suspensions in February for Field and in May for Harmon, who also goes by the name Jamie Harley. Both will be suspended Sept. 10.

The court found that...