Coombs v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

In this proceeding we review the unanimous recommendation of the Review Department of the State Bar Court that petitioner Kevin Chase Coombs be disbarred. After considering the record and petitioner’s objections, we adopt the review department’s findings and recommendation and order petitioner disbarred.

I

Petitioner was admitted to the practice of law in this state on May 29, 1981. He practiced with another attorney in Los Angeles until December 1981. Thereafter, petitioner entered into an association with a small law firm in Culver City. In July 1982, he terminated his…