Townsend v. State Bar

THE COURT.

Corwin A. Townsend has brought before this court for review the proceeding in which the Board of Governors of The State Bar recommended that he be suspended from practice for a period of three years.

The order to show cause alleged that, in two particulars, Townsend violated the requirements of the Business and Professions Code relating to his oath and duties as an attorney. The first specification of misconduct was that he knowingly advised his client to make a conveyance of certain real property owned by her for the purpose of delaying and defrauding her creditors. A second charge,…