Browne v. State Bar

THE COURT.

— Petitioner, Lionel Browne, seeks a review of disciplinary proceedings in which the Board of Governors of The State Bar recommended that he be suspended from the practice of the law for a period of three years. A prior three months’ suspension imposed in December, 1948, was taken into consideration in the recommendation.

Petitioner, who is now approximately 58 years of age, was admitted to practice law in this state in August, 1925. For about 19 years he served as deputy attorney general in California and as attorney for the State Medical Board.

In July, 1952, petitioner was sharing…