Kwasnik v. State Bar

*1064Opinion

THE COURT.

Petitioner Richard E. Kwasnik seeks review of the refusal of the State Bar to certify him to this court for admission to the bar on the ground that he lacks the requisite good moral character. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6066; Cal. Rules of Court, rule 952(c); Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law, rule I, § 11.)1 For the reasons set forth below, we conclude petitioner should be admitted to the bar.

Facts

Petitioner graduated from Brooklyn Law School in June 1966. He was admitted to the practice of law in New York in 1967.

In November 1970 petitioner was involved in an automobile…