Attorney Matthew Rifat, who worked as a vendor bookkeeping service for Dr. Uwaydah’s Blue Oak Medical Group, fights to keep his California Bar license.
Matthew Rifat’s Bar trial is set for March 4th 2025. The trial Judge has asked the parties to file briefs or motions on scope. The Bar prosecution, within the Office of Chief Trial Counsel, has stated they will present the same case to the Bar Court as was the case dismissed almost a year ago... Read More
California State Bar Trial for attorney Matthew Rifat scheduled to start on March 4, 2025. Rifat pled guilty to “reckless disregard” for whether Blue Oak Medical intended to commit insurance fraud.
Attorney Matthew Rifat’s trial with the California State Bar Court is still scheduled to begin on March 4, 2025, Tuesday. There was a conference with the new judge, Phong Wang, on this case last Thursday, February 13th 2025. This is the third judge since these California Bar discipline proceedings began for Rifat. The Bar does... Read More
Matthew Rifat awarded $475,000 by the federal court in the southern district in California for violation of his civil rights by the Riverside County District Attorney
Matthew Rifat, who had been under prosecution from the Riverside County District Attorney for workers’ compensation claims fraud and money laundering since January of 2019, and up until February 29th 2024, has won a $475,000 award from the Federal U.S. District Court of the Southern District of California. The award was given on January 14,... Read More
Matthew Rifat settles his federal civil rights case with Riverside County district attorney
Matthew Rifat has settled his federal civil rights case against the Riverside County District Attorney’s office. This case was set for trial but it settled. The parties involved as defendants in the case are deputy district attorney Meghan McDonald, and with investigator Dave Jones from Riverside County; plus the San Bernardino district attorney investigator David... Read More
Matthew Rifat gets trial with the California Bar Association set for March 4th 2025
On Monday, January 13th 2025, Matthew Rifat had a status conference with the new judge named Judge Roland for the California State Bar. Matthew had been waiting for the new judge to be assigned as the previous one left and took an assignment elsewhere. This delay caused him anxiety and indirectly effected an interim suspension... Read More
Matthew Rifat should have met with the California Bar today. His federal civil case against the Riverside and San Bernardino district attorneys for violation of his civil rights, has its final pretrial conference set for Friday.
Today, Matthew Rifat was scheduled for his Meet and Confer with the California Bar Association. He has not yet responded to inquiries from this writer sent to him earlier today. Did it happen? Did he do his Meet and Confer with the Bar today? Did he schedule his settlement conference date and his trial date... Read More
Matthew Rifat’s law license in California now active again. His interim suspension with the California Bar just ended.
Matthew Rifat is now active as an attorney in California and had his interim suspension with the California Bar terminated on December 30th 2024. From November 22, 2024 to December 29th 2024 (about 38 to 39 days), it reads: Not eligible to practice law. Interim suspension after conviction. 12-C-30279. The 12-C-30279 is the California Bar... Read More
The heart of probable cause. Is there reasonable suspicion the person is engaging in criminality? Matthew Rifat had thousands of his emails pulled via a warrant that showed no probable cause. (part 2)
Matthew Rifat’s attorney, Tim Scott, thought the fact there might have been dozens of other warrants is outside the four corners. The fact of what they knew as to other people, or what the officer knew, is outside the analysis. It’s an individualized determination. Is there probable cause for this one man to get this... Read More
