Mireskandari

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BACKGROUND

A. Mireskandari’s Disbarment Mireskandari applied to become a solicitor in the United Kingdom in 1997 and was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in 2000. The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA), which regulates and disciplines solicitors, initiated an investigation in 2008 into whether Mireskandari had made false representations on his application. As part of that investigation, the SRA retained Bird Marella to obtain information about the dates Mireskandari attended two universities in the United States that he had listed in his application. In September 2008, Gilbert, a paralegal at Bird Marella, accessed the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC) website to obtain the dates Mireskandari had attended the two universities and disclosed that information to the SRA. In 2009, the SRA commenced a disciplinary proceeding against Mireskandari before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), which adjudicates alleged violations of rules and regulations by solicitors and their firms. After hearings in April 2011 and May and June 2012, the SDT found Mireskandari had committed multiple acts of dishonesty and his continued practice posed a very significant risk to the…