Weller v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

The Review Department of the State Bar Court has recommended that petitioner Mark Walden Weller be suspended from the practice of law for five years, that the execution of suspension be stayed, and that petitioner be placed on probation on various conditions, including two years’ actual suspension. Petitioner asserts that a two-year actual suspension is unwarranted. Instead, he suggests imposition of an 18-month suspension, stayed, with no period of actual suspension.

As we shall explain, in light of the nature of petitioner’s misconduct and his past disciplinary record, we…