Is restitution a defense to disbarment when made under pressure of a forthcoming State Bar disciplinary investigation?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Nevill, In re, 217 Cal.Rptr. 841, 39 Cal.3d 729, 704 P.2d 1332 (Cal. 1985):
8 In another factual context, we have held that restitution is no defense to disbarment when made under the pressure of a forthcoming State Bar disciplinary investigation. (Sevin v. State Bar (1973) 8 Cal.3d 641, 646, 105 Cal.Rptr. 513, 504 P.2d 449.)
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