Thu. Nov 21st, 2024

Remember that Mater Dei High School football player who was accused of a hazing incident that involved a violent beating of a teammate? It turns out the offending player’s attorney has been suspended by the California State Bar.

The attorney, David M. Nisson, is accused of a major misappropriation of client funds. He was declared ineligible to practice law in California as of Dec. 13.

The State Bar filed six counts of moral turpitude and misappropriation charges against Nisson on Oct. 6/ They alleged that Nisson “engaged in a major misappropriation of client funds.”

Nisson “made numerous improper withdrawals” from accounts for six clients, between November 2013 and December 2020, totaling $511,409.69, according to the State Bar.

Nisson said that “It was personal injury cases, like an auto accident, and I was using trust accounts that didn’t belong to me.”

Nisson was also retained by two other Mater Dei football players who allegedly attacked and beat up a Monarch basketball player as he tried to leave a social gathering in Irvine shortly after midnight on May 5, 2019, according to the Irvine Police.

Nisson is a recovering alcoholic, according to a State Bar article published in 1996.

Nisson’s law practice is based in Tustin, according to his website.

Looks like the Mater Dei football players will have to find a new lawyer.

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Art Pedroza Editor
Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

By Art Pedroza

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

3 thoughts on “The lawyer who has represented violent Mater Dei football players has been suspended by the State Bar”
  1. His disbarment has nothing to do with his representation of former MD football players so why is it called out in your headline? It is just clickbait.

  2. Please share 2023 information on disgraced attorney David Nisson. What is his punishment for these crimes besides disbarment? When will the victims who lost the largest sum of money be paid back?? They have not. I AM ONE OF THEM.

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