Hartford v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT.

The Review Department of the State Bar Court (Review Department) has recommended that John J. Hartford (petitioner) be suspended from the practice of law for six months, that execution of the suspension order be stayed and that petitioner be placed on probation for one year, subject to conditions, including actual suspension for thirty days.

In one matter, the Review Department found petitioner failed to communicate with his clients and failed to take timely or substantial action in the case for which he was retained; in a second matter, the Review Department found petitioner…