California attorney James Parsa of the Parsa Law Group has been ordered by the State Bar to stop practicing law effective immediately on October, 16, 2009.
On August 31, 2009, The Chief Trial Counsel’s Office of the California State Bar filed charges against James Parsa, owner and founder of Parsa Law Group, for moral turpitude stemming from his 2 convictions of statutory rape from 2001.
Here’s the complaint from the California State Bar:
http://members.calbar.ca.gov/courtDocs/09-C-12545.pdf
Also in August, The Parsa Law Group received a serious letter from the California State Attorney General in regards to their advertising claims and methods. The California law firm has been aggressively advertising on television and the internet for the last several months. They claim to have helped over 4,000 homeowners save their homes.
In a letter dated August 12, 2009 Deputy Attorney General, Benjamin Diehil sent James M. Parsa & Associates, PLC. , Parsa Law Group a letter asking the firm to substantiate several claims it has made through various marketing methods used to obtain clients. The Attorney General is seeking proof under the Business and Professions Code 17508.
Since respondent James Mazi Parsa, State Bar Number 153389, has been convicted of violating Penal Code section 261.5, a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, under the authority of rule 9.10(a), California Rules of Court, it is ordered pursuant to Business and Professions Code section 6102 that respondent be suspended from the practice of law effective October 16, 2009, pending final disposition of this proceeding. It is also ordered that respondent comply with rule 9.20, California Rules of Court, and perform the acts specified in subdivisions (a) and (c) of that rule within 30 and 40 days, respectively, after the effective date of this suspension.
As the judgment of conviction is final and it appearing that the statutory criteria for summary disbarment are not met, this case is referred to the hearing department for a hearing and decision recommending the discipline to be imposed.
California State Bar: http://members.calbar.ca.gov/courtDocs/09-C-12545-1.pdf 
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Parsa Law Group: Attorney James Parsa ordered to stop practicing law 
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