Best v. State Bar

THE COURT.

This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the Board of Governors of the State Bar of California that petitioner be disbarred.

Petitioner contends:

First: That the evidence is insufficient to sustain the findings that he (a) violated rules 2 and 3 of the Buies of Professional Conduct relating to the solicitation of professional employment (52 Cal.2d 893, 896) and (b) wilfully breached his oath as an attorney “never to seek to mislead the judge or any judicial officer by an artifice or false statement of fact or law” (Bus. <& Prof. Code, § 6068, subd. (d)).

In a disciplinary…