The California Lawyer has a large number of disciplinary summaries in its January 2017 online edition. 

Such as

Stephen Howard Beecher
State Bar # 137509, Sherman Oaks (November 18, 2016)

Beecher, 65, was disbarred after he stipulated to pleading nolo contendere to one count of bringing drugs to a jail (Cal. Penal Code 4573(a))—a felony involving moral turpitude.

While representing a client who was awaiting trial in custody at a correctional facility, Beecher arranged to bring him narcotics: 36.09 of heroin worth more than $30,000 flattened into a greeting card that he had accepted from the client’s wife. He was arrested in the facility’s visiting area with the card containing the heroin in his possession.

In aggravation, Beecher had a prior record of discipline and significantly harmed the administration of justice by undermining his privilege of access to an inmate as an officer of the court. In mitigation, he entered into a pretrial stipulation as to facts, conclusions of law, and disposition of the matter.

The Los Angeles Daily News had the story.

An attorney who tried to smuggle $30,000 worth of heroin to an imprisoned client behind bars pleaded no contest Wednesday to a felony count of bringing drugs into jail.

Stephen Beecher, 63, of Sherman Oaks, is facing two years in custody, with sentencing set for Jan. 27 in Los Angeles Superior Court, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office.

Beecher was arrested in the visiting area of the North County Correctional Facility in December 2012, after a drug-sniffing dog alerted to the drugs in a greeting card found inside a manila envelope labeled with his client’s case number, said Deputy District Attorney Arisa Mattson.

Beecher’s client, Jesus Antonio Duenas, 21, is also charged with conspiracy and is due back in court Jan. 27 for a pretrial hearing.

Jessica Paredes, 21, reportedly Duenas’ girlfriend at the time, was arrested along with Beecher and his client and pleaded no contest to a felony conspiracy charge. She was sentenced Wednesday to two years in custody and given credit for time served.

According to the criminal complaint, Paredes ironed and flattened two packages of heroin — about 36 grams total — to fit into a greeting card and gave the card to Beecher for delivery.

(Mike Frisch)