In re Fudge

Reg Fudge, Jr., admitted to the practice of law in 1979, pled guilty in 1981 to violation of Health and Safety Code sections 11361 (furnishing marijuana to a minor) and 11380 (furnishing a controlled substance, to wit: methaqualone, to a minor). No appeal was filed, and his conviction became final. After a three-month evaluation at the California Institute for Men at Chino, he was sentenced by the superior court to a three-year term. Sentence was suspended and he was placed on three years’ probation on conditions including participation in antidrug therapy. Fudge successfully completed probation and charges were ultimately dismissed under the provisions of Penal Code section 1203.4.

In 1987 we were informed of his conviction and in October 1987 we placed him in interim suspension and referred the matter to the State Bar for hearing, report, and recommendation as to the discipline to be imposed. The State Bar’s report has now been filed. The hearing panel recommended that no further discipline be imposed and that Fudge’s period of interim suspension be terminated. The review department recommends on an eight-to-seven vote that he be suspended for three years, that…