Gold v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

We review the recommendation of the Review Department of the State Bar Court (hereinafter review department) that petitioner Donald J. Gold be suspended from the practice of law for three years, but that the order of suspension be stayed, and that he be placed on probation for three years subject to certain conditions, including an actual suspension of ninety days.

Gold contends that the 90-day actual suspension recommended by the review department is too harsh and that the hearing referee’s recommendation of no actual suspension is more appropriate. After considering the…