State Bar Chief Trial Counsel George Cardona said in a statement that the allegations, if proved, “represent dishonest and illegal conduct.”AdvertisementNeither Hendizadeh nor a spokesperson for law firm provided a comment. The firm had roughly 40 clients in Texas, where it operated under the name “Lone Star Injury Law Firm” and branded itself as “Texas’s #1 Injury Law Firm,” according to the complaint. The firm had one L.A.-based attorney licensed to practice in Texas, Darren McBratney, but he left the firm in early 2022. In many cases, the bar alleged, DTLA made no effort to do so and left its out-of-state clients in the lurch. They began working together in August 2013, the month Hendizadeh got his California bar license, according to the complaint.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 10, 2026 16:54 UTC