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Sarah Jane Melisande Jones

Law Offices of Ashwani Bhakhri
875A Island Drive Suite 194
Alameda, California 94502-6751

(415) 632-0410

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Date Admitted

January 14, 1993

Illinois Registration Status

Active and authorized to practice law

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In re Jones, Sarah Jane Melisande, 2020PR00057
Disposition Reinstated With Conditions
Effective Date of Disposition 11/23/2022
End Date of Disposition 11/22/2025 Condition(s) satisfied.
Definition of Disposition Reinstatement reflects the determination of the Supreme Court that a lawyer who was disbarred, disbarred on consent or suspended until further order of the Supreme Court has demonstrated in a subsequent reinstatement case his or her rehabilitation, good character, and current knowledge of the law to be reinstated, subject to conditions that address issue(s) that arose in the reinstatement case. An order of reinstatement with conditions reinstates the lawyer's license to practice law, but imposes conditions upon the lawyer's practice of law. Upon the determination that the petitioner has established compliance with conditions, the conditions are terminated. If the petitioner does not comply with the conditions, the Court may deny the reinstatement petition.
In re Jones, Sarah Jane Melisande, 2011PR00147
Disposition Disbarment On Consent
Effective Date of Disposition 01/13/2012
End Date of Disposition No disposition end date scheduled at this time. Discipline continues until further order of the Court.
Definition of Disposition Disbarment on consent is imposed by the Supreme Court based upon the lawyer's filing of a motion to strike his or her name from the roll of attorneys in face of disciplinary charges that are set forth in the Administrator's Statement of Charges. The disbarred lawyer is not authorized to practice law during the period of the disbarment on consent and may not return to the practice of law unless and until the lawyer has demonstrated his or her rehabilitation, good character, and current knowledge of the law in a subsequent reinstatement case, which may not be filed until three years after the effective date of the disbarment on consent.
Case Summary Ms. Jones, who was licensed in 1993, was disbarred on consent. She neglected many immigration matters, made misrepresentations to clients about the status of their matters, and failed to refund unearned fees.
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