Petition DENIED. (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 20, 2009.

Waiver of right of respondent State Bar of California to respond filed.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 30, 2009)

Laurence J. Bardoff, Petitioner, represented by Glenn Arthur Smith

State Bar of California, Respondent, represented by Rachel Gruenberg