In re Nowell

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of the special master, Curtis L. Hubbard, Jr., recommending that the Court accept the petition for voluntary discipline filed by Hugh O. Nowell (State Bar No. 547375), which was filed after the State Bar filed a formal complaint.

Nowell became a member of the Bar in 1979. The facts, as admitted by him and as found by the special master following a hearing, show that in May 2012 and January 2013, Nowell testified falsely in two depositions that were taken in a civil suit filed against a corporate entity and several…