Case Title: Matter of Anker

Citation: 

Docket Number: 374, 2003

State: delaware

Court: Delaware Supreme Court

Date: 2003-07-31T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
In the matter of a Member of the 
 
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Bar of the Supreme Court of the  
 
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No. 374, 2003 
State of Delaware:  
 
 
 
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Board Case Nos. 39, 40,  
DANIEL J. ANKER, 
 
 
 
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41 and 42, 2003 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Respondent.  
 
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Submitted:  July 31, 2003 
Decided:  July 31, 2003 
 
Before HOLLAND and BERGER, Justices.* 
 
O R D E R 
 
 
AND NOW, this 31st day of July, 2003, upon receipt of sufficient 
evidence demonstrating that Daniel J. Anker, Esquire (the “Respondent”), a 
lawyer subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the Court, has engaged in 
professional misconduct which demonstrates that he poses a significant 
threat of substantial harm to the public and to the orderly administration of 
justice, 
 
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 
1) The Respondent, Daniel J. Anker, Esquire, hereby is immediately 
suspended from the practice of law in this State pending the disposition of 
this matter pursuant to the Delaware Lawyers’ Rules of Disciplinary 
Procedure (“Procedural Rules”); 
                                        
* Constituting the qualified and available members of the Court. 
 
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2) During the period of interim suspension, the Respondent shall not:  
(a) share in any legal fees arising from clients or cases referred to him during 
the period of suspension to any other lawyer or (b) share in any legal fees 
earned for services by others during such period of suspension.  The 
respondent also shall be prohibited from having any contact with clients or 
prospective clients or witnesses or prospective witnesses when acting as a 
paralegal, legal assistant, or law clerk under the supervision of a member of 
the Delaware Bar. 
3)  This Order shall be made public; 
4) The Office of Disciplinary Counsel shall file forthwith a petition in 
the Court of Chancery for the appointment of a Receiver of the 
Respondent’s law practice pursuant to Procedural Rule 24, and the Receiver 
shall provide notice to clients, adverse parties, and others as required by 
Procedural Rule 23; 
5)  The Receiver shall make such arrangements as may be necessary 
to protect the interests of any of the Respondent’s clients; and 
6)  The Office of Disciplinary Counsel shall report this matter to the 
appropriate criminal justice authorities for their independent review and 
investigation. 
BY THE COURT: 
 
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/s/ Randy J. Holland 
Justice