Schultz

This is a proceeding to review a recommendation of the Disciplinary Board of the State Bar of California that petitioner be suspended from the practice of law in this state for one year on conditions of probation, including actual suspension for the first month. Petitioner has practiced law in California since his admission to the State Bar in 1965 without record of previous discipline.

The disciplinary board’s recommendation is based on findings by a local administrative committee of the State Bar that, in two instances, petitioner unintentionally, through gross negligence, violated his oath and duties as an attorney. (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 6103, 6067, 6068.)

The" local administrative committee, at its hearing on July 17, 1975, based its findings on a comprehensive set of stipulations entered into between petitioner and the State Bar examiner. The stipulations consist of six pages and eleven attached exhibits. The only additional evidence received by the committee was petitioner’s sworn testimony and his written statement, each of which was limited to mitigation of the discipline. The details of petitioner’s misconduct are consequently limited to the information…