Bate v. State Bar of California

Petitioner Randle Bate was admitted to the practice of law in California in 1969, and has no prior disciplinary record. In October 1980, the State Bar charged petitioner with wilfully misappropriating monies entrusted to him by two separate clients. The State Bar Review Department recommends that petitioner be suspended from the practice of law for a period of five years and that execution of suspension be stayed and petitioner placed on probation for five years with actual suspension for the first three years, and other specified conditions.