Townsend v. State Bar

By this proceeding petitioner is accused of an infraction of subdivision 4 of section 287 of the Code of Civil Procedure, in that, being an attorney at law, he loaned his name to be used as attorney and counselor by other persons who were not licensed attorneys.

The charge grows out of petitioner’s relation to two individuals, Gussaroff and Levy, brothers-in-law, licensed as adjusters under the state law and doing business under the name of Standard Adjustment Organization. This concern during the year 1928 and at all times herein involved, was engaged in the business commonly known as…