Bruns v. State Bar

*668THE COURT.

In two separate proceedings instituted before a local administrative committee of The State Bar of California, petitioner was charged with (1) acceptance of a fee from a client upon false assurances that a suit would be filed, misrepresenting to the client that suit had been filed although no legal services of value were performed, and (2) misuse of funds, failure to defend legal actions, -refusal to account for funds received, and other professional misconduct in connection with petitioner’s employment as an attorney by members of a milk producers’ association.

In the first…