Goldstein

On December 10, 1985, this court issued an order admitting a list of persons, including petitioner, to the practice of law in California. On February 13, 1986, the Committee of Bar Examiners moved the court to delete petitioner’s name from the list, nunc pro tunc, on the ground *940 that petitioner was ineligible to apply for such admission. In order to obtain further information regarding the circumstances surrounding petitioner’s admission, we denied the motion without prejudice and referred the matter to the State Bar “for hearing, report and recommendation as to whether Marc L. Goldstein has committed misconduct warranting discipline.”

Following a hearing before the State Bar Court, the hearing panel (one referee) filed an opinion on August 13, 1987, concluding that petitioner committed acts warranting discipline, and recommending that this court refer the matter back to the hearing panel for a determination as to the level of discipline to be imposed. Both petitioner and the State Bar filed requests for review with the Review Department of the State Bar Court.

On February 25, 1988, the review department unanimously determined that petitioner committed misconduct…