Coppock v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT

We review the recommendation of the Review Department of the State Bar Court that petitioner be ordered suspended from the practice of law for two years, that execution of suspension be stayed, and that petitioner be placed on two years’ probation on specified conditions including ninety days actual suspension and payment of restitution. The review department found that petitioner allowed a client to use his client trust account in a scheme to defraud the client’s creditors. We adopt the review department’s recommendation as to discipline.

I. Facts

Petitioner was admitted to…