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The State filed a complaint against respondent attorney, charging her with four counts of misconduct. A hearing board recommended suspension.

Overview

The complaint against the attorney charged her with four counts of professional misconduct for aiding a nonlawyer in the unauthorized practice of law, neglecting her clients' affairs, failing to return files to a client after withdrawing, handling a legal matter without adequate preparation, engaging in conduct involving deceit, and abandoning her law practice without taking steps to avoid foreseeable injury to her clients. A hearing panel adopted the recommendation of the hearing board that the attorney be suspended for three years. The court determined that the appropriate discipline for the attorney's professional misconduct was disbarment. The court emphasized the repeated instances of misconduct of the attorney in continually disregarding the rights and expectations of her clients by permitting a nonlawyer, who had been suspended by another state bar due to a felony conviction, to manage their legal matters while she neglected their cases. The aggravating factors included a pattern of misconduct, indifference to making restitution, refusal to acknowledge wrongful nature of conduct, and multiple offenses.

Outcome

The court disbarred the attorney.