Supreme Court of California

Former Business and Professions Code section 6102, which provides for summary disbarrment upon conviction for certain felonies, does not violate the principle of separation of powers by usurping a court-s inherent authority over attorney discipline.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/01/2001
• Published 03/01/2001

Judges

• KENNARD, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Pansky & Markle, R. Gerald Markle and Ellen A. Pansky, South Pasadena, for Petitioner Cristeta S. Paguirigan., Karpman & Associates, Diane L. Karpman and JoAnne Earls Robbins, Los Angeles, as Amici Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Cristeta S. Paguirigan., Robert Rudolph, San Francisco, for Jerome Berg as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Petitioner Cristeta S. Paguirigan.


• For Appellees:
  
•  Marie M. Moffat, San Francisco, Russell G. Weiner, Los Angeles, and Richard J. Zanassi, San Francisco, for Respondent The State Bar of California.