Calaway v. State Bar of California

I respectfully dissent.

My colleagues dismiss, in a few short sentences, the significance of petitioner’s failure to mention in his application for reinstatement the highly unfavorable finding of fraud the federal district court made in the third party insurance proceeding in Yale v. Calaway. When that finding is examined in conjunction with the other evidence presented at the hearing, the conclusion is inescapable that petitioner has not discharged his heavy burden of demonstrating present fitness to practice law and character worthy of readmission that our cases require. For this reason, I…