Aronin v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

The Review Department of the State Bar Court recommends that petitioner Edward Martin Aronin be suspended from the practice of law for five years and that execution of his suspension be stayed subject to certain conditions including actual suspension for two years. The review department rejected a State Bar referee’s recommendation that petitioner be publicly reproved rather than suspended. Petitioner contends that several of the review department’s findings are not supported by the evidence and that the discipline recommendation is excessive.

We agree that the review…