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On this page the attorney summarizes and links to online articles that either (a) he wrote or (b) illustrate his standing as a legal authority. He also posts to this page legal information that may help immigrants and their advocates. In keeping with that effort, this page covers every public disciplinary action taken against any self-described immigration attorney in the Dallas-Fort Worth area (as reported in the Texas Bar Journal) since 2003.

In 2024, 1 Dallas area immigration attorney disbarred and another suspended

In April, Luis Roberto Campos received a 30-month fully probated suspension from April 1, 2024 to September 30, 2026 consequent to an evidentiary panel’s findings that he had failed to hold a client’s property separate from his own, and for failing to promptly provide a full reckoning of accounting of such funds and property. Campos was again sanctioned in August: for failing to keep a client reasonably informed or promptly provide them a full accounting of funds, he was subject to a 24-month partially probated suspension beginning November 1, 2024 and ending October 31, 2026. In October, a panel of the Grievance Committee disbarred Robert James Vivona for neglecting two clients’ immigration cases, failing to keep them reasonably informed, and failing to refund unearned fees.

1 Dallas area immigration lawyer disbarred, 1 reprimanded, and 1 suspended in 2023

In March, an evidentiary panel of the State Bar of Texas Grievance Committee disbarred Andrew Jaiah Kai Kai for failing adequately to supervise a non-lawyer to ensure their conduct was compatible with Kai Kai’s professional obligations. In April, Obioma S. Osimiri agreed to a public reprimand by another evidentiary panel, which found that Osimiria committed infractions including accepting a legal matter beyond Osimiri’s competence. In August, the Board of Disciplinary Appeals issued an agreed judgment suspending Kellye Sorelle from practice on account of an unspecified disability.

4 Dallas area immigration attorneys disciplined in 2022

In January, Kenneth Nkeng Fomenky received a 52-month active suspension for, among other ethical violations, failing to appear at hearings. In March, the 471st District Court of Collin County publicly reprimanded Ngoc-Anh Theresa Bui Creevy because, it found, she had not taken reasonable steps to protect a former client’s interests. In the same month, the Supreme Court of Texas accepted John Luna Mendoza‘s resignation from the bar in lieu of discipline. In December, Peov Linda Hem received a 24-month probated suspension for neglecting a legal matter entrusted to her.

3 Dallas area immigration attorneys disciplined in 2021

In December 2021, a Grievance Committee publicly reprimanded Pantea Pourabbas for accepting responsibility for a case when she knew or should have known it was beyond her experience and competence. In the same month, Don L. Jarvis Jr. received a three-year active suspension for neglecting a case entrusted to him and neglecting communication with his client; and the Supreme Court of Texas accepted the resignation, in lieu of discipline, of Courtney Dawn Croft Blankenship.

2 Dallas-area immigration practitioners sanctioned in 2020

In March 2020, a Grievance Committee publicly reprimanded Southlake attorney Steven Todd Hayden for failing to promptly notify his client of a plea offer. In May 2020, Dallas attorney Robert Clarence Newark III received a 12-month fully probated suspension for neglecting a legal matter entrusted to him.

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