Legal Opinion
Fitzsimmons v. State Bar
California Supreme Court
Decided August 18, 1983No. S.F. 24512PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THE COURT.
Petitioner, Edward R. Fitzsimmons, admitted to practice in California in 1952, was publicly reproved by the State Bar in 1976 for violating a court order to restore funds which he had appropriated without court approval from a probate estate. He is charged in the present proceedings with violating his oath and duties as an attorney (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 6103, 6067), wilfully receiving money without adequate records of accounts (id., § 6128, subd. (c)), and improperly disbursing a client’s funds without the client’s written direction. (Rule 9, Rules Prof. Conduct.)
The State…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Kellett v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
- Yokozeki v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- Giovanazzi v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1980
- Bernstein v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Lewis v. State BarCalifornia Supreme Court · 1973
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Mississippi State Bar v. YoungMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
- Johnson v. State Hearing Examiner's OfficeWyoming Supreme Court · 1992
- In Re Antonio L. Cordova-Gonzalez, in Re Antonio L. Cordova-GonzalezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1993
- Ellis v. PierceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
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