Opinion ID: 2224668
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Brotten Matters

Text: Patricia Brotten retained respondent in November 1986 to help her obtain contract for deed payments which had been guaranteed by the co-vendor of the contract. Respondent assisted in arranging for the co-vendor to buy out Brotten's interest in the contract. Brotten notified respondent when she did not receive the first payment from the co-vendor but he took no steps to obtain the payments. Later in the spring, respondent agreed to assist Brotten with several other real estate matters. Respondent attended the meeting scheduled to handle the closing of the transactions but never prepared or recorded the required documents and made no effort to protect Brotten's interest in the money owed her. After that meeting Brotten paid respondent $4500 in legal fees and $317 for future services. When Brotten later called respondent to request that he return her file and account for the fees she had paid him and the earnest money which had been paid to him, respondent did not return her calls.