Young v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

The Review Department of the State Bar Court (hereafter review department) has recommended that petitioner be disbarred because of his conduct in withdrawing from employment without taking steps to avoid prejudice to his clients, failing to refund unearned fees and perform legal services competently (former Rules Prof. Conduct, rules 2-111(A)(2), (3), 6-101(A)(2)), 1 and wilfully disobeying court orders (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6103).* 2

Petitioner, who was admitted to practice in 1980, was charged by the State Bar with seven counts of misconduct, involving in part the…