IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY C OUNSEL,

Petitioner

v.

EVAN T. L. HUGHES,

Respondent :

: : : : : : : : : 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 , 202 3 , 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 Responde nt 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 discoveryrequests, and all client communications to ensure that Respondent

re plie s timely to clients’ requests;

c. D iscuss 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. E xamine Respondent’s law office organization and procedures;

e. E nsure that Respondent has worked on cases in a reasonably prompt and diligent manne r; and

f. F ile 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 cas e 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 Paragrap h 4

. 4. Prior to Attorney Campos having access to Respondent’s client files, Respondent shall notify the clients and request written consent and waiversfrom 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 informat ion. 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

. 1

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 R espondent 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.