Now, attorney Matthew Rifat, who has just this past Wednesday been heard by the Review Board of the California Bar Association, has to wait 90 days from Wednesday to find out if he will get more discipline from the Bar and/or will ultimately get disbarred.  

So, it’s the waiting game…  It will likely be a long three months… 

All of his discipline from the California Bar stems from the Indictment against him by the Riverside County District Attorney which was filed in January of 2019 for mostly workers’ compensation fraud.  From there, a huge amount of litigation took place, and ultimately the Indictment was dismissed but a Complaint was filed with one count in it of Penal Code section 549, to which Matthew pled guilty in a plea deal.  So, it was a conviction.

A conviction against a lawyer always makes its way to the California Bar.   It goes there even if the conviction later gets dismissed.   This is what happened.

But a little earlier this month, another legal Complaint landed before Matthew.  He’s now being sued by Munir Uwaydah, the same culprit who was behind Blue Oak Medical Group, the entity that got Matthew indicted for conspiracy and fraud by the Riverside County DA in the first place.   This new Complaint... Read More

The pitchforks don’t seem to cease raining down on Southern California attorney Matthew Rifat.  And true to form, Dr. Uwaydah, who presently lives in Beirut, Lebanon, is following his pattern and practice of suing his former... Read More