Greenbaum v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of California (board) that petitioner be suspended from the practice of law for three years, on conditions of probation and no actual suspension. The basis for the recommended discipline is that petitioner violated rule 9, Rules of Professional Conduct, in that he, without prior authorization, withdrew clients’ funds totalling $11,000 from trust accounts and appropriated them to his personal use.

The local administrative committee recommended a four-year suspension, on conditions of…