Title: Matter of a Member of the Bar: Huntley
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 597, 2012
State: Delaware
Issuer: Delaware Supreme Court
Date: November 20, 2012

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE 
 
In the Matter of 
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a Member of the Bar of 
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CONFIDENTIAL 
the Supreme Court of 
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the State of Delaware: 
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No. 597, 2012 
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DONALD W. HUNTLEY,   
 
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Board Case Nos.: 2012-0208-B;  
Respondent.  
 
)           2012-0260-B; 2012-0261-B; 
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 2012-0262-B  
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ODC File No.: 2012-0305-B 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Submitted:  November 19, 2012 
Decided:  November 20, 2012 
 
Before STEELE, Chief Justice, BERGER and RIDGELY, Justices. 
 
ORDER 
AND NOW, this 20the day of November, 2012, upon receipt of sufficient 
evidence demonstrating that Donald W. Huntley, Esquire ("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, Donald W. Huntley, 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”);  
(2)   
During the period of interim suspension, the Respondent shall not: (a) 
share in any legal fees arising from clients or cases referred by 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 
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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 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 the public; and 
(6) 
 The Respondent shall cooperate in all respects with the Receiver, including 
providing him with all law office books and records. 
BY THE COURT: 
/s/ Myron T. Steele 
Chief Justice