Opinion
No. SCAD-10-0000170
March 9, 2011.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING (ODC 10-073-8907)
By: RECKTENWALD, C.J., NAKAYAMA, ACOBA, and DUFFY, JJ., and Intermediate Court of Appeals Chief Judge NAKAMURA, assigned by reason of vacancy.
ORDER OF PUBLIC CENSURE
Upon consideration of the Office of Disciplinary Counsel's Petition for Issuance of Reciprocal Discipline Notice, our December 8, 2010 Notice and Order, Assistant Disciplinary Counsel's affidavit regarding service of the notice and order, Respondent Mark F. Buckman's lack of response thereto, and the record, it appears Respondent Buckman stipulated to, and the California State Bar Court imposed a public reproval with conditions, upon stipulation of misconduct in two cases wherein Respondent Buckman failed "to pay promptly, as requested by a client, funds in [his] possession [that] the client was entitled to receive," and "to maintain the respect due to the courts of justice and judicial officers." It further appears that such conduct merits the substantially equivalent discipline of public censure in this jurisdiction. Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Respondent Buckman is hereby publically censured.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Respondent Buckman shall comply with the stipulated conditions imposed by the California State Bar Court and shall submit an affidavit of compliance to this court, under the case number on this order, after all conditions have been met.