In Re Gaffney

Petitioner has applied for readmission to practice law in this state after his disbarment by this court (Gaffney v. State Bar, 20 Cal.2d 735 [128 P.2d 516]).

The application for reinstatement is based upon the ground that petitioner has rehabilitated himself and now possesses the moral qualifications and mental attainments necessary to entitle him to be restored as a member of the bar; and also upon the ground that although the Board of Governors of The State Bar, by a divided vote, failed to make a recommendation for readmission, nevertheless the local committee to which the matter has…