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Three Offices of Attorney Declared 'Vexatious Litigant' Shut Down
The National Law Journal
February 17, 2009
The State Bar of California has shut down three Southern California offices of attorney Mitchell W. Roth, who was recently declared a "vexatious litigant" by a federal judge in Los Angeles, according to the State Bar.
Roth, who had expanded his law practice to include foreclosure cases, has been hospitalized due to severe depression since Jan. 23, according to the State Bar. His other cases have involved credit, debt, collections, personal injury, medical malpractice, wills and trusts and probate. On Jan. 30, U.S. District Judge Manuel Real of the Central District of California declared Roth, who has filed dozens of lawsuits in recent months, a vexatious litigant.
The State Bar, using a court order, shut down Roth's offices in Sherman Oaks, San Diego and Riverside. A recording at his Sherman Oaks office said: "Due to the illness of attorney Mitchell W. Roth, this law office is temporarily closed."
The State Bar said it will inventory the files of Roth's law firm and notify clients of the developments.
An attorney representing Roth, Paul J. Virgo, a solo practitioner in Los Angeles, did not return a call for comment.
