Opinion ID: 2819740
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Text: In addition to consenting to disbarment, respondent has agreed to the following conditions: 1. Within two years of the date of the Court's opinion imposing a sanction, respondent will pay restitution in full to a list of clients in the Agreement pursuant to a payment plan approved by the Commission on Lawyer Conduct, or provide proof satisfactory to the Commission that the amount specified as owed to an affected individual or entity has otherwise been satisfied.3 This restitution totals $241,399.61. 2. Within three years of the date of the Court's opinion imposing a sanction, respondent will pay the costs incurred in the investigation of this matter by ODC, pursuant to a payment plan approved by the Commission on Lawyer Conduct.4 3 The Agreement notes the Receiver currently holds some funds in trust. In addition, there are claims pending with the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection. The Agreement states respondent's restitution obligation to any listed individual or entity will be reduced by the Commission proportionate to any funds paid to that individual or entity from either of these two sources. 4 The Agreement notes this obligation is separate and apart from any obligation to reimburse the Commission for the Receiver's expenses. The Agreement states respondent's obligation to pay for the Receiver will be determined by the Court at the time of the termination of the Receiver's appointment. 3. Within three years of the date of the Court's opinion imposing a sanction, respondent will reimburse the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection for all claims paid to clients on respondent's behalf, pursuant to a payment plan approved by the Commission on Lawyer Conduct.5 Finally, respondent has agreed that in addition to the requirements of Rule 30, RLDE, he will not be eligible for readmission until he completes the Bar's Legal Ethics and Practice Program's Law Office Management School and Trust Account School. We accept the Agreement for Discipline by Consent and disbar respondent from the practice of law in this state, retroactive to February 26, 2015. He shall also comply with the conditions set forth in the preceding paragraphs. Within fifteen (15) days of the date of this opinion, respondent shall file an affidavit with the Clerk of Court showing that he has complied with Rule 30 of Rule 413, SCACR, and shall also surrender his Certificate of Admission to the Practice of Law to the Clerk of Court. DISBARRED. TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, and HEARN, JJ., concur. KITTREDGE, J., not participating. 5 The Agreement notes this obligation is separate and apart from any obligation to reimburse the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection for the Receiver's expenses. The Agreement states that if the Court orders the Lawyers' Fund to pay Receiver expenses, respondent's obligation to reimburse the Lawyers' Fund will be determined by the Court at the time of the termination of the Receiver's appointment.