Stuart v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT. *

This is a proceedihg to review a recommendation of the State Bar that petitioner be suspended from the practice of law for one year, and that execution be stayed on certain conditions including a one-year probation period and passage of the Professional Responsibility Examination.

Petitioner was admitted to the practice of law in 1973. In 1977, he was privately reproved for encouraging a third party to cash two checks that petitioner drew but later failed to honor.

The present disciplinary proceedings arise out of petitioner’s representation of Angel Guzman in a personal…