Disbarment; Conflict of Interest; Trust Accounts; Emergency Disciplinary Hearing
The Firm successfully defended a lawyer who had failed to respond to the State Bar's disciplinary action against him, and was therefore about to be disbarred. After appearing before the Disciplinary Committee at an emergency hearing, the Firm obtained a reprieve for the lawyer, and later showed that he was not guilty of the conflict of interest and the abuse of trust funds as he had been accused. No disciplinary action was ever entered against him and he continues in his successful practice.
