Caldwell v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of California (Disciplinary Board) that petitioner be suspended from the practice of law for two years, the first year being actual suspension and the second year probation.

Petitioner was admitted to practice in California in 1938. He has no prior record of discipline.

In the mid-1950s petitioner befriended Mr. and Mrs. Philip R. Tarr, and began doing various legal work for them. Mr. Tarr had a history of mental illness and had been committed intermittently to mental institutions, as…