Edmondson v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT. *

This is a proceeding to review the State Bar’s recommendation that Steven Edmondson be suspended from the practice of law for three years on conditions of probation including one-year actual suspension.

Petitioner was admitted to practice in 1955 and has a record of prior discipline. He was privately reproved in 1977 for affixing two signatures to a settlement check without consent of the payees. The present State Bar recommendation is based on findings that petitioner (1) misappropriated $3,048 from two clients and (2) obtained possession of an automobile by deceitful means…