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A Lawyer In Another State Sent Me A Cease And Desist Email While Claiming To Be A Licensed Attorney In My State, But They Have Long Since Been Inactive. Would This Merit Disciplinary Action From The State Bar If I Send A Complaint? (california)

Location: California

email they sent was

> DESIST NOW. I am (PERSON’S) attorney and I am licensed in California. You are liable for damages for slander and you are committing criminal slander amounting to third degree assault. It wouldn't take much for me to notify your local police. So CUT IT OIT!

I don’t even know what they’re referring to. Desist what? I don’t even live in the state of their client and have never met them? But anyway—

That was the actual email. It was sent to me from their gmail address that had their name. I looked up their name via the California bar license status site and it showed they were inactive in California and living in another state.

**so the Question is**

Are you allowed to claim to be licensed in a state (California) if you are currently inactive? He was, apparently, active for a period of time and had graduated from a California law school, but isn’t living or active in California. I know anybody can send an email telling someone to ‘stop’ (which I did long ago), but is that alright to do as a lawyer?

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A Lawyer In Another State Sent Me A Cease And Desist Email While Claiming To Be A Licensed Attorney In My State, But They Have Long Since Been Inactive. Would This Merit Disciplinary Action From The State Bar If I Send A Complaint? (california)

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