Twohy v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT. *

We review the unanimous recommendation of the Review Department of the State Bar Court that petitioner, Richard J. Twohy, be disbarred. Petitioner contends that the recommendation of disbarment is excessive in light of the mitigating factor of his addiction to “crack” cocaine and his alleged recovery from such addiction subsequent to the incidents upon which the review department’s recommendation is based. Because the record does not establish that petitioner has fully recovered from his cocaine addiction and since the review department properly considered the mitigating…