Sacramento Family Court Judge Pro Tem Disbarred on Multiple Charges
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| Sacramento County Superior Court Temporary Judge Scott Kendall has been disbarred from the practice of law by the State Bar Court. Lawyers may seek review of State Bar Court Decisions from the California Supreme Court. |
Kendall, a family law attorney and member of the Sacramento County Bar Association Family Law Section was charged with advising a family court client to violate a child custody order, withdrawing from representation of a client without court permission, failure to communicate with clients, incompetence, and moral turpitude. Kendall was disbarred effective November 24, 2011. Click here to view the State Bar decision describing the charges against the family court judge pro tem.
The disciplinary charges resulted from Kendall's conduct in four separate court cases for clients Claro Wisco, James Flynt, Theresa Licciardello and Brian Knudsen-Heryford. In the Knudsen-Heryford case, Kendall advised his client to violate a shared child custody agreement on the assurance that the attorney would obtain full custody for the client at an ex parte hearing. Knudsen-Heryford acted on his attorney's counsel and at the ex parte hearing was arrested for child abduction by the Roseville Police Department. Kendall's ex parte motion was denied on the merits. Kendall promised to defend his client in the criminal case for free, but later billed Knudsen-Heryford for $2,127 in legal fees for the criminal case, according to the State Bar.
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