Legal Opinion
In Re Billings
California Supreme Court
Decided March 19, 1990No. S006424PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THE COURT. *
In this proceeding, we review the unanimous recommendation of the Review Department of the State Bar Court that petitioner Joseph Michael Billings be disbarred from the practice of law in California. Petitioner’s only contention is that disbarment is excessive in light of the mitigating circumstances present in his case. He asserts that his misdeeds are the result of an alcohol problem that he has since overcome.
In view of the seriousness and the large number of the misconduct matters (18), which caused injury to petitioner’s clients and occurred over a lengthy period of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by17 opinions
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