In Re: STEPHEN YAGMAN

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

IN RE STEPHEN YAGMAN, Admitted No. 07-80153 to the bar of the Ninth Circuit: October 7, 1976, Respondent. OPINION

Filed June 17, 2022

Before: MARSHA S. BERZON, MILAN D. SMITH, JR., and RYAN D. NELSON, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion Dissent by Judge Berzon IN RE YAGMAN

SUMMARY *

Attorney Reinstatement

The panel denied without prejudice the request of Stephen Yagman for reinstatement to the bar of the Ninth Circuit following his readmission to the State Bar of California.

In 2008, Yagman was ordered suspended from practice before this court based on the State Bar of California’s suspension following his federal conviction. He was permitted to file a petition for reinstatement if he were reinstated to practice law in California. Yagman was reinstated to practice law in California, but the panel held that he failed to meet his burden to justify reinstatement before this court because he was still disbarred from practice before the New York State Bar. The panel held that an attorney cannot justify reinstatement while he or she is currently suspended or disbarred…