Cooper v. State Bar

Opinion

THE COURT

The Review Department of the State Bar Court recommends that petitioner Harvey Gilbert Cooper, a member of the State Bar since 1953, be disbarred. This recommendation is based upon findings of the hearing panel, adopted by the review department, that on several occasions between 1978 and 1982 petitioner wilfully breached his fiduciary obligation to one client, misappropriated funds and failed to perform services for another, withdrew from employment and failed to turn client files over to new counsel for two others, and as to others, failed to deliver papers and property to…