Lawyer Behind Now-Defunct Pacific Law Center Is Facing Disciplinary Action

One of San Diego’s most recognizable lawyers is facing dozens of disciplinary charges for work he was paid for but allegedly never performed. Kerry Steigerwalt, who ran the now-defunct Pacific Law Center, is accused of violating a series of bar rules in 19 separate cases, all but two of which were bankruptcy filings, the San Diego Union-Tribune reports. In a 56-count complaint against Steigerwalt, the State Bar of California says many of the cases involve clients who paid in advance for a bankruptcy filing but received no work in return. In other cases, clients received a partial…