State Bar Grievance Administrator v. Lewis

Respondent was ordered suspended from the practice of law for 130 days as a discipline for violation of 68A Stat 851-852 (1954), 26 USCA 7203—willful failure to file an income tax return. His conviction of that offense was based upon his plea of nolo contendere.

The hearing panel’s order provided that respondent should be given 40 days credit against the 130-day suspension upon application for reinstatement. The State Bar Grievance Board affirmed the panel’s finding and order of suspension, but removed the provision for credit.

This appeal makes six assertions of error:

I. Former § 15.17 of the…