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Douglas Ellis Miles

Miles, Bauer, Bergstorm & Winters LLP
1231 E Dyer Rd Ste 100
Santa Ana, California 92705-5643

(714) 481-0239

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Date Admitted

November 13, 1975

Illinois Registration Status

Not authorized to practice law as attorney is not currently registered with ARDC and has not demonstrated required MCLE compliance – Last Registered Year: 2014

Public Record of Discipline and Pending Proceedings
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In re Miles, Douglas Ellis, 2022PR00051
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition Probation
Effective Date of Disposition 01/10/2023
End Date of Disposition 05/21/2024 Probationary condition(s) satisfied.
Definition of Disposition Probation reflects a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct, but also a finding that the lawyer may continue to practice law pursuant to specified conditions under ARDC supervision without posing a risk to the public, profession, or courts. As a result, the lawyer may continue to practice law during the period of probation, subject to the conditions imposed by the Court. Probation may be ordered for a specified period of time or for a specified period of time and until further order of the Court. Probation may be ordered in conjunction with a suspension, which may be stayed in whole or in part. A stay defers that portion of the suspension as long as the lawyer complies with probationary conditions. If the lawyer successfully completes probation, the lawyer is not actually suspended during any portion of the stayed suspension.
In re Miles, Douglas Ellis, 2022PR00051
(One of multiple dispositions on this case)
Disposition Suspension for a specified period of time. Suspension stayed in part with condition(s).
Effective Date of Disposition 10/12/2022
End Date of Disposition 01/10/2023 Condition(s) continue.
Definition of Disposition A suspension with conditions reflects a determination that the lawyer has engaged in misconduct and that the misconduct warrants both an interruption of the lawyer's authority to practice law during the suspension period, and the imposition of conditions with which the lawyer must comply. The suspension may be for a fixed period of time or for a fixed period of time and until the lawyer complies with the conditions. The lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the suspension.
Case Summary Mr. Miles was licensed to practice in Illinois in 1975 and in California in 1985. The Supreme Court of California suspended him for two years, stayed after 90 days by two years of probation with conditions, for misusing his client trust account over a 17-month period and failing to respond to California bar authorities' requests for information about his conduct. The Supreme Court of Illinois imposed reciprocal discipline and suspended him for two years in Illinois, stayed after 90 days by a term of probation subject to the conditions imposed in California and continuing until his California probation is satisfied. The suspension is effective on October 12, 2022.
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