Martin

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 six months and be required to comply with the provisions of rule 955 of the California Rules of Court.

The disciplinary board unanimously adopted substantially all of the findings of the local administrative committee which had concluded that, in six separate matters, petitioner had “intentionally and knowingly placed herself in a position where her failure to perform the services for which she was retained was a natural and probable consequence of taking on more cases than she could handle and [of] her concentration on those which appealed to her emotionally.” The committee found, further, that petitioner “manifested a pattern of behavior inimical to the best interests of her clients,” in violation of her oath and duties as an attorney (see Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 6103, 6067, 6068), and that petitioner’s conduct involved moral turpitude, dishonesty and corruption (see id., § 6106).

Petitioner, a sole practitioner, was admitted to the practice of law in this state on Januaiy 5, 1950. She has not…