Oliver v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

Petitioner was admitted to the State Bar of California in 1967 and began the private practice of law in 1968, maintaining offices in San Bernardino, Riverside, and Los Angeles Counties. He has a prior disciplinary record.

The-facts, as.found.by the local administrative committee and concurred in by the disciplinary board, show that in the spring of 1969, petitioner was retained by complainant Fox, a real estate broker. Fox had several actions pending against him for the recovery of brokers’ commissions and buyers’ deposits. In one such action, defended by petitioner, a…