Bledsoe v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

We review the recommendation of the State Bar that petitioner James Bledsoe III be disbarred from the practice of law. The *1076recommendation is based on findings of professional misconduct in four matters. After considering the record and the arguments of petitioner and the State Bar, we conclude the recommended discipline is too severe. We therefore suspend petitioner from the practice of law for five years, stay his suspension, and place him on probation for five years on conditions including actual suspension for two years and restitution to his clients.

I. Facts and…