The state bar has moved to disbar a Southern California lawyer accused of charging loan modification clients hundreds of thousands of dollars in “unconscionable” and illegal fees.

Andrew Weitz, 60, of Encino was scheduled to go on trial this month on 52 counts of professional misconduct, including sharing fees with nonattorneys, commingling client and personal funds, and lying to clients and bar investigators. Weitz appeared briefly for proceedings but then left, according to the bar.