Ex parte Palmer’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““3. That petitioner, Paul B. Palmer, ■testified as to his personal, educational and professional background, certain circumstances connected with the subject matter of the disciplinary proceedings against him which resulted in termination of his license to practice law, and his subsequent business, personal and family life to the date of this hearing. “4. That petitioner was ordered disbarred May 1, 1953, for misappropriating funds collected for and belonging to a client and wrongfully commingling with his own funds monies placed with him as a trustee belonging to another client. “5. That petitioner in words confessed and acknowledged the error of his ways in matters leading to his disbarment, and expressed contrition, remorse and his rehabilitation since that time. “6. That a civil suit concerning a claim against the defendant for monies belonging to a client, being part of the subject matter of the original disbarment proceedings, was concluded in December, 1961, by a settlement involving a cash payment by petitioner herein of a certain principal sum of money claimed by the client as due him from the petitioner. “7. That petitioner stated that he did not know whether' or not he would practice law if his license were reinstated, but that he probably would not engage in the practice of law. “8. That petitioner negotiated a settlement of the civil suit against him for monies misappropriated and commingled with his own .funds directly with his former client, a person of limited”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In Re Disbarment Proceedings Against Palmer