Sunderlin

Petitioner has brought before this court for review the proceeding in which the Board of Governors of The State Bar recommended that he be suspended from the practice of the law for a period of two years.

The notice to show cause, issued on August 29, 1945, charges petitioner with the violation of his oath and duties as an attorney, the commission of acts involving moral turpitude and dishonesty (Bus. & Prof. Code, §§ 6067, 6068, 6103, 6106), and the violation of rule 9 of the Rules of Professional Conduct of The State Bar. It is charged that petitioner, *786 while acting as attorney for the estate of Jack P. Leonard, deceased, and for his widow, Margaret N. Leonard, administratrix of said estate, caused certain real properties to be conveyed to the Merchants Credit Association of the United States, a corporation formed and owned by him and members of his immediate family; that no consideration was paid for the conveyances and that they were effected without the knowledge and consent of Mrs. Leonard; that as a result thereof, title to the properties was acquired for and on behalf of petitioner and members of his immediate family; that subsequently, petitioner caused the…