Can an attorney be disbarred from the State Bar if they persistently advertise for divorce business during a suspension?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Tonini v. State Bar, 297 P.2d 1, 46 Cal.2d 491 (Cal. 1956):
In Waterman v. State Bar, 14 Cal.2d 224, 93 P.2d 95, an attorney with a prior record, admitting three charges of ambulance chasing and who gave false testimony to the committee, was disbarred.
In Mayer v. State Bar, 2 Cal.2d 71, 39 P.2d 206, an attorney who persisted in advertising for divorce business during a one-year suspension for such conduct, was disbarred.
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