In assessing discipline for the conduct of the Attorney General, what is the test for discipline?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Snyder v. State Bar, 265 Cal.Rptr. 429, 49 Cal.3d 1302, 783 P.2d 1146 (Cal. 1990):
In assessing what discipline is warranted by petitioner's conduct, our paramount concern is protection of the public, the courts, and the integrity of the legal profession. (Tarver v. State Bar (1984) 37 Cal.3d 122, 133, 207 Cal.Rptr. 302, 688 P.2d 911.) Although we exercise independent judgment in examining the facts before us,
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