In re Lesansky

Opinion

KENNARD, J.

Since January 1, 1997, the Legislature has provided for summary disbarment of an attorney convicted of a felony involving moral *13turpitude. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6102, subd. (c); Stats. 1996, ch. 1104, § 6.) In this attorney discipline matter, we consider whether an attorney may be summarily disbarred as a result of his felony conviction for attempting to commit a form of child molestation when the crime did not involve a client and did not occur in the practice of law. Because the practice of law requires good moral character, and because petitioner’s felony conviction…