From the California State Bar Court online case records it is Lawzilla's understanding the following occurred:

On January 2, 2020, the California State Bar filed a notice of disciplinary charges against attorney Allen Hassan.




18 different counts of wrongdoing are alleged:

1. Hassan failed to competently perform legal services in an employment case against Pacific Gas and Electric.




2. Attorney Hassan failed to communicate with his client, including failing to tell him the case had been dismissed.




3. Allen Hassan violated a judge's order.




4. He failed to competently perform legal services in a case involving the estate of his client's father.




5. He failed to competently perform legal services in another case.




6. Al Hassan failed to communicate with his client, including failing to tell her that an appeal had been dismissed.




7. Attorney Hassan failed to tell his client in another case that an appeal had been dismissed.




8. Allen Hassan failed to deposit client funds into an attorney trust account and instead deposited them into a personal bank account.




9. Hassan violated Professional Rules when he employed an attorney the bar had involuntarily inactive and could not practice law.




10. Allen Hassan violated rules by employing a second attorney who could not practice law because he had been disbarred.




11. Allen Hassan also has a physicians and surgeons certificate from the California Medical Board. The Medical Board filed disciplinary charges against Hassan and he was placed on probation. Hassan violated the terms of his probation and his certificate was revoked.

In violation of the Business and Professions Code Allen Hassan failed to notify the State Bar of the Medical Board's discipline.




12. Attorney Allen Hassan was previously disciplined by the California State Bar and placed on probation. His conduct violated the terms of his probation.




13. Allen Hassan committed perjury by declaring on forms submitted to the State Bar that he was in compliance with various laws when in fact he was not.




14. In yet another case that attorney Hassan failed to competently perform legal services.

This included failing to file a substitution of attorney, violating a court order, and not doing anything after the court dismissed the case.




15. Failing to provide work of any value in a case.




16. Failing to notify his client about developments in a case, including that it was dismissed.




17. Violating a court order in a case




18. A client paid him $6500 but he failed to perform work of any value. Despite promising a refund Allen Hassan refunded nothing to his client.





For the most part, in response Allen Hassan denied the bar's allegations.

However, he did state:

In response to counts one, two and three Allen Hassan stated there were "structural problems" with the lawsuit he prepared.




Hassan said he did not have a basis for opposing a summary judgment motion filed by defendant.

He then said the judge dismissed the case because it was not being diligently prosecuted.




Regarding count four Hassan says the lawsuit he filed was not correctly denominated and was abandoned for another lawsuit.




For counts five, six and seven the claim was apparently against a government agency but no government tort claim was timely filed, and as a result the judge dismissed the case.




Allen Hassan then filed two appeals. However, because he did not provide transcripts to the court of appeal the appeals were dismissed.




For count eight Attorney Hassan admits he did not deposit money from a client into his attorney trust account because the account had been closed!

(No explanation is provided for what could have caused his attorney trust account to be closed.)




For counts nine and ten Hassan denies hiring one attorney not allowed to practice law, but admits hiring the disbarred attorney.




For counts eleven and twelve attorney Allen Hassan says he did not know the requirement regarding reporting the discipline against his medical license to the State Bar.




For count thirteen Hassan denies knowing he was in violation of his bar requirements.




For counts fourteen, fifteen, sixteen and seventeen Hassan says he charges $500 per hour, evaluated the client's case, but found no basis for proceeding with making claims.




For count eighteen attorney Allen Hassan says he agreed to refund his client the $6500 retainer but did not have the money to do so. He offered one or more horses but his client declined.

Allen Hassan was admitted to the California Bar in 1982. Bar Number 104024.

Allen Hassan Law Office
2929 El Camino Avenue
Sacramento, California 95821

Law School: Lincoln College of Law




The complete notice of charges by the State Bar can be read here.

Hassan's complete response to the charges can be read here.

YouTube video where Al Hassan says Medical Board placed him on a terrorism list.



Page last reviewed for updates: February 15, 2020