Lefner v. State Bar of California

THE COURT.

Petitioner was charged with misappropriating funds belonging to several clients. The Board of Governors of the State Bar found four of the charges true, dismissed a fifth charge and, based on the charges found to be true, recommended that petitioner be disbarred.

Petitioner was admitted to practice in 1953, and has no prior disciplinary record.

The evidence can be summarized as follows :

1. Matter of Nichols: The evidence on this charge consisted of the transcripts of a civil proceeding brought by the executor of the estate of Nichols against petitioner for conversion and for money had…