State Bar Allowed to Seize Practice
The California State Bar Friday was granted authority over a Ventura attorney’s law practice, which was interrupted when the lawyer was jailed for practicing law without a license.
State Bar lawyers were granted permission to seize the files and take over the law practice of Kenneth G. Makature, who is serving a 30-day sentence in Ventura County Jail.
Makature, 55, had his license suspended for the fourth time earlier this year after pleading guilty to a felony count of practicing law without a license last year. His license had been suspended in 1992 after he failed to pay his annual association dues.
State Bar attorney Murray Greenberg said he has no way of knowing how many active cases Makature is now involved in, but that Makature indicated he would turn over the files as soon as possible.
Makature submitted a letter of resignation to the State Bar last week.
Makature was sentenced to probation and 30 days in jail for the latest violation, but failed to surrender to Ventura County Jail at the agreed upon time.
He was later found at a residential treatment facility in Oxnard and arrested on a bench warrant for failing to appear.
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