Gordon v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

Petitioner, James A. Gordon, Jr., was admitted to the practice of law in California on June 6, 1961, and has no prior disciplinary record. He is ' the subject of two separate disciplinary proceedings which we have consolidated for purposes of argument and opinion. (See Ambrose v. State Bar (1982) 31 Cal.3d 184, 186 and fn. 1 [181 Cal.Rptr. 903, 643 P.2d 486]; Fitzpatrick v. State Bar (1977) 20 Cal.3d 73, 78 [141 Cal.Rptr. 169, 569 P.2d 763].)

The first matter (L.A. 31396) involves petitioner’s admitted professional misconduct, including misappropriation, in seven separate…