Linnick v. State Bar

THE COURT.

Petitioner was charged by a local administrative committee with five counts of professional misconduct, three of which were subsequently dismissed. The other two counts charged that during the period from April 30, 1958, through December 1960, petitioner, pursuant to agreement, compensated Sam Williams and Donald Cooksey for soliciting professional employment for him. These counts charged violations of the provision of rule 3 of the Rules of Professional Conduct that “A member of the State Bar shall not . . . remunerate another for soliciting or obtaining, professional employment…