Conroy
Conroy v. State Bar
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Introduction
In this matter we review the unanimous recommendation of the State Bar Review Department (review department) that petitioner J. William Conroy be suspended from the practice of law for one year, that the order of suspension be stayed, and that he be placed on probation for one year on various conditions including an actual suspension of sixty days. The recommendation is based upon a finding that petitioner willfully failed to comply *802 with a condition of prior discipline. After examining the uncontroverted record, we adopt the review department’s recommendation.
Factual and Procedural Background
Petitioner was admitted to practice in June 1967 and had no prior record of discipline until 1986. In that year he received a private reproval based upon three unrelated incidents of misconduct. 1 As a condition of the reproval, the review department directed that petitioner take and pass the Professional Responsibility Examination (PRE) within one year of the reproval’s effective date, December 30, 1986. The Office of the State Bar Court also notified petitioner of this requirement and indicated the dates on which the examination would be administered within…