What is the difference between the findings of a hearing panel and the recommendations of the review department for discipline?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Dixon v. State Bar, 216 Cal.Rptr. 432, 39 Cal.3d 335, 702 P.2d 590 (Cal. 1985):

9 As we stated in Warner v. State Bar (1983) 34 Cal.3d 36, 42, 192 Cal.Rptr. 244, 664 P.2d 148: "While we give the [hearing panel's] factual findings greater weight, we afford greater deference to the review department's recommendations of discipline."

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