Porter v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

We review the recommendation of the Review Department of the State Bar Court (review department) that petitioner, Joseph Edward Porter III, be suspended from the practice of law for a period of five years upon certain conditions of probation, including actual suspension for two and one-half years and until he demonstrates his competence pursuant to standard 1.4(c)(ii) of the Standards for Attorney Sanctions for Professional Misconduct (div. V of the Rules Proc. of State Bar and hereafter referred to as standards). After considering the record and the arguments of petitioner…