Grim v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

—We review the recommendation of the Review Department of the State Bar Court (review department) that petitioner Douglas Paul Grim be disbarred from the practice of law for having wilfully misappropriated over $5,500 of client funds.

Petitioner contends that disbarment is excessive. He argues that the review department’s conclusions of law are unsupported by the evidence, that it failed to properly weigh the evidence, and that it failed to appropriately weigh mitigating and aggravating circumstances. He maintains that the interests of the public and the profession can be…