Tardiff v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the State Bar that David C. Tardiff be disbarred. Petitioner does not challenge the findings of the State Bar Disciplinary Board but contends only that the discipline imposed is too severe.

Petitioner was admitted to practice in 1963; there have been no prior disciplinary proceedings against him. Upon graduation from law school, he was employed for a year and a half as a prosecutor. Thereafter, he went to work for another attorney, later leaving that employment to open his own office. The misdeeds which formed the basis for…