In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Salvesen

*80Stafford, J.

(dissenting) — In all candor I must commend the earnestness, sensitivity and eloquence with which attorney for respondent handled his client's defense. It was in the highest tradition of a member of the Bar. Nevertheless, I simply cannot countenance this court's serious drift away from meaningful attorney discipline at a time when we should be supporting the Bar in its effort to maintain the honesty and integrity of a profession faced with explosive growth. Unfortunately, the court has weakened its stand by a show of magnanimity to the few dishonest members of the legal…