Opinion ID: 2487827
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 14

Heading: Count XIIThe Tefarikis Matter

Text: In August 2008, Christopher Tefarikis hired respondent to represent him in divorce proceedings, paying respondent a $2,500 fee. Mr. Tefarikis received notice of a hearing scheduled for April 9, 2009 and made several attempts to contact respondent prior to the hearing, to no avail. Mr. Tefarikis eventually retained new counsel to complete the matter. Respondent failed to refund any of the fee. Notice of Mr. Tefarikis's disciplinary complaint, sent to respondent in May 2009, was returned to the ODC marked unclaimed; unable to forward. The ODC alleged respondent's conduct violated the following provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct: Rules 1.3, 1.4, 1.15(d), 3.2, 8.1(c), and 8.4(a).