Legal Opinion
Bluestein v. State Bar
California Supreme Court
Decided December 19, 1974No. L.A. 30241PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
THE COURT.
This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar that petitioner be suspended from the practice of law for six months.
Petitioner, who was admitted to practice in 1957, was charged with, inter alia, (1) violating his oath and duties as an attorney (see Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 6103, 6067 & 6068) and committing acts involving moral turpitude (see Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6106) by using extortionary means to attempt to obtain payment of his attorney’s fee in a divorce action and (2) wilfully violating rule 3, Rules of Professional Conduct of…
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