Opinion ID: 1384769
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The 1975 Private Reproval

Text: Petitioner was admitted to the practice of law in 1971. In April 1972, Larry P. retained him to assist in obtaining a discharge from the United States Navy. Petitioner accepted $2,500 to process the discharge application and to exhaust all available remedies if initially unsuccessful. Petitioner filed an application for discharge and attended a hearing in the matter, but thereafter took no further action. Although Larry P. tried repeatedly to contact petitioner, he failed to return his client's telephone calls and letters. Larry P. did not obtain a discharge and eventually completed his term of service. The hearing panel determined that petitioner had willfully failed to perform duties for which he had been retained. He was privately reproved by the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar.