Rancho Santa Fe lawyer suspended from practice

The State Bar of California has suspended Donald William McVay of Rancho Santa Fe Law Group from the practice of law. McVay accepted a client when he was not eligible to practice law, collected an illegal fee, failed to put the client's money in a trust account, failed to release the client's papers, and did not return the unearned fees. These activities constitute "moral turpitude, dishonesty or corruption," says the bar.

McVay was suspended from the practice of law in 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2008, and 2006 — three times for failure to pay child and family support, twice for failure to pay bar member fees, and once for not complying with his mandatory continuing legal education.