49 Cal. 3d 1084 - Hippard v. State Bar’s Empirical Analysis

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28 state decisions

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1. “Restitution is to be considered as a factor in the overall factual showing made by the individual seeking reinstatement. The weight that should be attached to whether restitution has been undertaken in whole or in part is dependent upon the applicant's ability to restore the misappropriated funds as well as the attitude expressed regarding the matter.... In this context, the significance of restitution is its probative value as an indicator of rehabilitation, not the repayment of the underlying indebtedness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 50 Cal. 3d 1061 - Kwasnik v. State Bar

2. “(a) ... [A] governmental unit may not deny, revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license ... [to] a person that is or has been a debtor under this title or a bankrupt or a debtor under the Bankruptcy Act ... solely because such bankrupt or debtor is or has been a debtor under this title ... or has not paid a debt that is dischargeable in the case under this title or that was discharged under the Bankruptcy Act.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. People v. Huntzinger

3. “[T]he purpose of attorney discipline is not to penalize petitioner merely for having obtained a discharge of his debt in bankruptcy. Instead, it is to protect the public from specified professional misconduct ..., and at the same time to rehabilitate the errant attorney.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 50 Cal. 3d 1061 - Kwasnik v. State Bar