In Re Utz

Opinion

THE COURT. *

We review the unanimous recommendation of the Re view Department of the State Bar Court that petitioner, Jerome C. Utz, be disbarred from the practice of law. The recommendation is based on petitioner’s conviction of seven counts of mail fraud (18 U.S.C. § 1341) and two counts of using interstate transportation to defraud individuals (18 U.S.C. § 2314).

We placed petitioner on interim suspension, to commence on March 2, 1984, pending the finality of petitioner’s conviction. In July 1986, after petitioner’s conviction was final, we referred the matter to the State Bar for…