Matthew Rifat’s trial with the California Bar Association, their Office of Chief Trial Counsel, ended on March 21st 2025, Friday.

Matthew is fighting to keep his attorney Bar license in California, as he had been convicted of a felony, PC 549, on February 29, 2024. Any felony conviction gets referred to the California Bar’s Office of Chief Trial Counsel for evaluation as to whether the crime of which the defendant was convicted was a crime of moral turpitude.

Matthew pled guilty to a single count in a new complaint in exchange for over 70 counts being dismissed in an Indictment from the Riverside County District Attorney’s office from January 20th 2019. That Indictment involved charges of money laundering, conspiracy, and workers’ compensation claims fraud. Matthew had provided legal services to Frontline Medical, Firstline Health, and Blue Oak Medical Group.

These three medical groups were run by, controlled by, and under the strong arm of Dr. Munir Uwaydah who has been on the lam in Lebanon since September of 2010.

Matthew was first put on trial in June and July of 2022 in Riverside County Superior Court for the charges of the January 2019 Indictment. That trial ended in a mistrial. But after two more years and other costly... Read More

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