Another big argument against Matthew Rifat by the Office of Chief Trial Counsel of the California Bar Association was the oddness that the Bar found in that it didn’t fit when Dr. Chorn at a dinner meeting asked Matthew Rifat “How is Blue Oak doing” and “How is Dr. Uwaydah making money?” from the practice. ... Read More
Medical provider defense attorney, Matthew Rifat, had a mountain of strong arguments against him by the California Bar Association
There was the case called “Oheb” which the California Bar prosecution used to illustrate that the attorney in that case had many opportunities to protect himself but didn’t. An individual that attorney hired, stole from him, forged his signature, and worked with clients without that lawyer’s permission or oversight. He just let himself get run... Read More
The arguments against attorney Matthew Rifat by the California Bar prosecutors to get him disbarred went on and on
The prosecutors of the California Bar argued that it was very negligent of Matthew Rifat to simply rely on the statements of the defense attorneys, the lawyers who were defending the defendants in the Los Angeles County Indictment that was put out against Dr. Uwaydah and his cronies in February of 2015. This group of... Read More
California Bar prosecutors wanted Matthew Rifat disbarred. They kept waxing harder and further all along the way…
Matthew Rifat took a plea deal on February 29, 2024 with the Riverside County District Attorney’s office. He got his Indictment for conspiracy, money laundering, and workers’ compensation claims fraud dismissed in its entirety but with that he pled guilty to one count in a new complaint for Penal Code section 549. In a nutshell,... Read More
Matthew Rifat’s Public Reproval no mere slap on the wrist. But Bar prosecutors wanted him disbarred in the worst way.
With the State Bar of California’s verdict a substantial Public Reproval against attorney Matthew Rifat; this rebuke, reprimand, admonishment, or whatever synonym one would like to use, is not just some private reproof. It is a substantial Public Reproval. A Public Reproval definition found in the data terms glossary is described as: a public warning... Read More
Three days after attorney Matthew Rifat gets ordained as Deacon in the Catholic Church, the California State Bar Court judge, Phong Wang, rules Matthew acted with an absence of moral turpitude. Thus, he does not get disbarred; he does not get temporarily suspended.
Matthew Rifat was ordained on Saturday, May 24th 2025, as a permanent Deacon in the Diocese of San Diego. He was publicly reproved by the State Bar Court of California on May 27th 2025, just three days later, which did not include disbarment or temporary suspension. Instead, since the ruling stated Matthew neither acted with... Read More
Attorney Matthew Rifat ordained as a Deacon in the Catholic Church. His ordination took place on May 24th 2025 at St. Therese of Carmel Catholic Church, San Diego, California.
The Priests and the Deacons and others of the ordained order walked two by two in a long procession. They moved reverently down the center aisle in their white robes at the Catholic church of Saint Therese of Carmel. Then they each bowed as they reached the altar. The pews were in slight semi-circles of... Read More
Character witness, Mike Saleh, learned about the Riverside criminal charges but still went ahead and hired Matthew Rifat
Mike Saleh was a character witness for Matthew Rifat on Thursday morning, March 20th 2025. Matthew is on trial to defend his law license. He is being prosecuted by Vilette Magapan and Scott Karpf of the Office of Chief Trial Counsel of the California Bar Association. Matthew is now in the process of calling ten... Read More
