Walter v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of California that petitioner be suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years on conditions of probation, including actual suspension for the first six months.

Facts: Petitioner was admitted to practice in this state in December 1944. For the next 24 years, he taught law at Lincoln University Law School and also engaged in the practice of law, maintaining a law office in San Francisco.

Wallace O. Jones was one of petitioner’s clients from 1953 until he died in 1957. Before…