Arden v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

In this proceeding we review the unanimous recommendation by the Review Department of the State Bar Court that petitioner, Lawrence John Arden, be disbarred for misappropriating one client’s funds, entering into an improper business transaction with a second, and wilfully failing to use reasonable diligence and judgment on behalf of a third.

Petitioner contends (1) that the hearing panel abused its discretion in denying his request to reopen the proceedings to consider new evidence, including a proposed polygraph examination of petitioner, (2) that the findings, conclusions…