In Re Brown

Opinion

THE COURT. *

On our own motion, we review an order of the State Bar Court publicly reproving John Michael Brown, an attorney admitted to practice in this state. The public reproval is based on Brown’s conviction of three misdemeanor counts of failure to remit to the state certain funds withheld from the wages of his law corporation’s employees (Unemp. Ins. Code, §2118). The conduct underlying the convictions spanned more than two years and by the end of that period Brown had misappropriated approximately $36,000 in withheld wages that should have been paid to the state. In our order…