California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Calaway v. State Bar, 225 Cal.Rptr. 267, 41 Cal.3d 743, 716 P.2d 371 (Cal. 1986):
"Letters of recommendation and the favorable testimony of witnesses, especially that of employers and attorneys, are entitled to considerable weight. [Citations.] But such evidence, however laudatory or great in quantity, is not alone conclusive. [Citations.]" (Feinstein v. State Bar, supra, [41 Cal.3d 756] 39 Cal.2d at p. 547, 248 P.2d 3.) Though this evidence was highly complimentary, it failed to overcome the strong negative impression left by petitioner's omission of highly material but unfavorable information in his reinstatement petition.
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