Hyland

In two proceedings before local administrative committees of the State Bar (for Los Angeles County) petitioner was found guilty of four counts of professional misconduct. In both proceedings the Board of Governors of the State Bar adopted, with minor modifications, the findings of the local committees and recommended disbarment.

Petitioner seeks review of both proceedings. He contends, without elaboration, that the “recommendations and findings of the Board of Governors were based upon insufficient evidence and are contrary to law.” This unsupported allegation does not fulfill the requirements of rule 59(a) of the California Rules of Court and does not sustain petitioner’s burden of showing that the action of the Board of Governors is erroneous or unlawful. (Bus. & Prof. Code, § 6083; Hatch v. State Bar, 55 Cal.2d 127, 128 [ 9 Cal.Rptr. 808 , 357 P.2d 1064 ].) Moreover, we have reviewed the record and found that the board’s findings and recommendations are sustained by the evidence.

Petitioner graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and from Harvard Law School, and was admitted to practice in California in 1952. The transactions that led to these proceedings occurred…