Henry Koehler V.
Opinion
Opinion
MEMORANDUM
Pro se Appellant Henry James Koehler IV (Koehler) appeals the district court’s order of reciprocal disbarment, dated June 22, 2011, from the practice of law before the United States District Court for the Central District of California. We have jurisdiction over the district court’s decision to impose reciprocal disbarment, see In re Kramer, 282 F.3d 721, 724 (9th Cir.2002), and we affirm.
In 1977, 1992, and 1999, Koehler was disciplined by the California State Bar. As a result of the 1999 disciplinary action, the California Supreme Court issued an order suspending Koehler from the practice of law for 60 days. In the fourth disciplinary action against Koehler, which is the proceeding at issue, the hearing judge recommended Koehler’s disbarment. On September 17, 2010, the Review Department found by clear and convincing evidence that Koehler had engaged in the unauthorized practice of law during his 60-day suspension, in violation of Cal. Bus. & Prof.Code §§ 6125, 6126, and 6068. Specifically, the Review Department found that during his suspension in December 1999, Koehler wrote two letters to state court litigants in which he provided legal advice, strategy, and…