The State Bar of California has disciplined four Orange County attorneys, disbarring two and suspending two others.

The attorneys were disciplined by the state bar for petty theft, mishandling clients’ money and performing loan modifications without proper licensing.

The following misdeeds and punishments are according to the state bar:

Charles Dana Pereau (license #243705], 62, of Laguna Hills, was disbarred May 19 and charged with misdemeanor petty theft for allegedly shoplifting items from an electronics store as well as a misdemeanor count of fighting in public.

Pereau pleaded guilty to the count of fighting in public and the count of petty theft was dismissed.

He failed to participate in the State Bar Court proceedings either in person or through counsel for the purpose of determining whether the facts and circumstances surrounding the violation involved moral turpitude or other misconduct warranting discipline.

The State Bar Court found Pereau’s intentional dishonesty and petty theft involved moral turpitude. Pereau’s inaction led to disbarment under rule 5.85 of the State Bar’s rules of procedure.

Timothy David Myers (license number 199356), 49, of Huntington Beach, was disbarred May 17 after he failed to respond or participate either in person or through counsel to six charges of misconduct involving a single client.

The bar said Myers misappropriated more than $60,000 received for the client, issued her a check purporting to pay the $60,000 when there was insufficient funds to pay the check, and falsely stated he had invested her funds and was holding them overseas on her behalf.

Myers was previously suspended for 90 days and placed on probation for two years for failing to perform legal services with competence, failing to promptly return unearned fees, and committing “an act of moral turpitude” by making a false statement to the state bar. His probation was revoked and he was suspended for six months and until payment of restitution.

Myers’ failure to respond to the new discipline charges led to disbarment.

Rae Diane Shirer (license number 167137), 49, of Anaheim, was ordered suspended May 17 for 30 days and placed on probation for two years. She was ordered to attend ethics school, but as she remains under an earlier order to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination as a condition of probation in a prior discipline, this was not made an additional condition of this probation.

Shirer stipulated she falsely reported to the state bar under penalty of perjury that she had complied with all MCLE requirements. She had been disciplined twice before for professional misconduct involving performance issues in client matters.

Ronny Mor (license number 248274), 39, of Newport Beach, was ordered suspended May 19 for 18 months and until he pays restitution in the amount of $5,495. He was placed on probation for three years.

Mor stipulated he mishandled loan modifications. In one case he provided services in Washington when he was not admitted to practice law in that state, collected an illegal fee, failed to refund the fee and failed to respond to reasonable client inquiries.

In another case, the bar stated, he intentionally, recklessly, or repeatedly failed to perform with competence in the handling of a client’s bankruptcy and collected an advance fee for loan modification services.

He also failed to respond to the state bar’s investigatory letters and emails.

In a third case, Mor wrote a check drawn on his client’s trust account when he knew or should have known the account contained insufficient funds to cover the check. He failed to cooperate with the state bar in that investigation as well. He also had two prior records of discipline for similar acts, committed multiple acts of wrongdoing and failed to make restitution to his clients.

Mor was ordered to pass the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination and attend ethics school.