Kelly v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

—The Review Department of the State Bar Court (review department) has recommended that petitioner Patrick B. Kelly be suspended from the practice of law in California for three years, that execution of the suspension order be stayed, and that he be placed on probation for three years upon conditions that include actual suspension from the practice of law for one year.

The recommendation is based on the review department’s findings that in one matter petitioner failed to deposit moneys received from a client into his trust account and commingled funds; and that in a second…