IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL,

Petitioner

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EVAN T. L. HUGHES, 

 Respondent

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No. 2923 Disciplinary Docket No. 3

No. 40 DB 2022

Attorney Registration No. 93214

(Philadelphia)

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 8

th day of February, 2023, upon consideration of the 

Recommendation of the Three-Member Panel of the Disciplinary Board, the Joint Petition 

in Support of Discipline on Consent is granted, and Evan T.L. Hughes is suspended on 

consent from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of one year and one day. The 

suspension is stayed in its entirety, and he is placed on probation for a period of two 

years, subject to the following conditions:

1. Jose Constantino Campos, Esquire, is appointed to monitor Respondent’s 

management of his law practice;

2. Attorney Campos shall do the following during Respondent’s probation:

a. Meet with Respondent every other week either virtually or in person;

b. Obtain a status of each of Respondent’s cases and discuss, examine 

and review each case with Respondent, which will include, inter alia, the 

type of case, confirmation that each file has a fee agreement and a 

conflict check was performed, all pending deadlines, all discovery 
requests, and all client communications to ensure that Respondent 

replies timely to clients’ requests;

c. Discuss with Respondent any attorney/client concerns, outstanding 

requests from clients or families, payment status for each case, and 

scheduling of client meetings/visitations if required;

d. Examine Respondent’s law office organization and procedures;

e. Ensure that Respondent has worked on cases in a reasonably prompt 

and diligent manner; and

f. File quarterly written reports with the Board Prothonotary in which 

Attorney Campos will include the following:

i. whether he met with Respondent bi-weekly as required and 

whether those meetings were in-person or remote;

ii. whether Respondent made his case files available for inspection 

and review;

iii. whether Respondent has abided by the Rules of Professional 

Conduct;

iv. whether Attorney Campos has any concerns about Respondent’s 

law practice; and

v. the written consent and waivers from each client received during 

the relevant time period pursuant to Paragraph 4.

3. During the probationary period, Attorney Campos shall have access to all of 

Respondent’s files at all times via a G drive or some other electronic method, 

except under the restrictions discussed in Paragraph 4.

4. Prior to Attorney Campos having access to Respondent’s client files, 

Respondent shall notify the clients and request written consent and waivers 
from each individual client permitting Attorney Campos to review their individual 

files. If a client does not grant consent or does not sign a waiver, Attorney 

Campos shall not have access to that client’s file; however, Respondent shall 

provide to Attorney Campos a summary of that client’s matter without providing 

any identifying and/or confidential information. All written consent and waivers 

shall be filed with the Board Prothonotary, as provided in Paragraph 2(f)(v).

5. During the first twelve months of the probationary period, Respondent shall 

make monthly payments in the amount of $458.33, for a total of $5,500, to Mr. 

Holder and provide proof to Disciplinary Counsel when each payment is 

forwarded to Mr. Holder.

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6. Respondent understands and agrees that his conduct during the probationary 

period must conform with the Rules of Professional Conduct and the 

Pennsylvania Rules of Disciplinary Enforcement.

It is further ordered that Respondent shall pay the costs incurred by the Disciplinary 

Board in the investigation and prosecution of this matter.

 

1 The final payment to be $458.37.