What is the standard of conduct for an attorney to be found guilty of misappropriating client funds?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Sturr v. State Bar of Cal., 338 P.2d 897, 52 Cal.2d 125 (Cal. 1959):
Misappropriation of funds entrusted to an attorney at law is a gross violation of general morality as well as professional ethics and, in addition, is likely to endanger the confidence of the public in the legal profession. It deserves severe punishment. In Mills v. State Bar, 6 Cal.2d 565, at page 567(3), 58 P.2d 1273, at page 1274, a case involving the misappropriation of clients' funds, this court said: 'Whatever might be said in favor
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Under these circumstances petitioner should be removed from the practice of law.
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