Jones

We review the recommendation of the Review Department of the State Bar Court (hereinafter State Bar Court) that petitioner Iris Winnifred Jones be disbarred from the practice of law in California. Jones contends that the referee at the State Bar hearing improperly denied her request for a continuance and violated her due process rights. After considering the record and Jones’s objections, we conclude that the referee’s decision, which was adopted without modification by the State Bar Court, is appropriate.

Facts

Iris Winnifred Jones was admitted to the California State Bar on June 23, 1978. The State Bar filed a notice to show cause against Jones on July 1, *277 1985, after investigating her conduct as an attorney. Three other notices to show cause were filed against Jones on August 26 and September 26, 1985, and on January 17, 1986, respectively. The four notices to show cause, which involved a total of twenty-eight counts, 2 were consolidated before the hearing panel.

Jones’s State Bar hearings spanned 11 days from June 4 through July 31 of 1986. Jones was represented by counsel at the hearings, although she is currently proceeding in propria persona. The referee…