Court Opinion

ID: 9599228
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:16:07.550737+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:42:24.457983
License: Public Domain

CARTER, J.
I dissent.
While I agree that petitioner was guilty of moral turpitude and should be disciplined for his conduct, I cannot agree that he should be suspended from practice for a period of two years. In my opinion, suspension from practice for a period of six months would be adequate under the facts disclosed by the record in this ease.
Furthermore, I do not agree with the holding in the majority opinion that gross negligence of an attorney in handling his client's business warrants disciplinary action. In the absence of intentional wrongdoing, I do not believe it can fairly be said that an attorney has been guilty of conduct involving moral turpitude.
*572The record here clearly discloses that petitioner was guilty of conduct involving moral turpitude, although he apparently had no intention of defrauding his client, and no loss was suffered as a result of his misconduct.
For the foregoing reasons I would suspend the petitioner from practice for a period oí six months.