In Re Silverton

Opinion

BAXTER, J.

In 1975, this court ordered petitioner Ronald Robert Silverton disbarred based on his felony convictions for conspiracy to obtain money by false pretenses and to present a fraudulent insurance claim as well as for soliciting another to commit or join in the commission of grand theft. (In re Silverton (1975) 14 Cal.3d 517, 519 [121 Cal.Rptr. 596, 535 P.2d 724].) After three unsuccessful applications, petitioner was reinstated as a member of the State Bar on October 6, 1992. Less than two years later, he began a series of client transactions that became the subject of another…