[DOWNLOAD] "Sallas v. Municipal Court for San Leandro-Hayward Judicial District of Alameda County" by First Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California * Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Sallas v. Municipal Court for San Leandro-Hayward Judicial District of Alameda County
- Author : First Appellate District, Division One Court of Appeal of California
- Release Date : January 28, 1978
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 79 KB
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We review a recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar that petitioner be publicly reproved. The board found that petitioner, a member of the State Bar since 1946 with no prior disciplinary record, failed fully to explain to his clients the contingent fee interest which he possessed in the insurance proceeds used to satisfy any adverse judgment entered against them in a certain personal injury action, and that he improperly attempted to influence their conduct in defending that action. The board concluded that petitioner (1) violated Business and Professions Code sections 6067 and 6103, in that he failed faithfully to discharge his duties as an attorney to the best of his knowledge and ability and (2) violated former rule 6, Rules of Professional Conduct, in that he accepted professional employment without fully disclosing his relation with an adverse party. As will appear, we have concluded that although the record is subject to conflicting inferences, the board acted properly in recommending that petitioner be publicly reproved for his acts.