Opinion ID: 1718159
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Brehmer's Probation Violations

Text: The sixth count of misconduct related to the conditions of Brehmer's probation. One condition of Brehmer's probation required him to cooperate with any investigation into alleged misconduct. On August 5, 1999, the Director notified Brehmer of the investigation of the complaint regarding Brehmer's conduct in the Green matter and requested information and a response from Brehmer within 14 days. Brehmer was also notified of the complaints and subsequent investigations into his conduct in the Williams, Mattingly, and Wimler matters. Brehmer did not respond to any of the Director's many requests for information within the time frame requested. Brehmer has since responded to some of the Director's requests, but his responses have been incomplete. Another condition of Brehmer's probation is that he is required to regularly submit a case list of active files to his probation supervisor. The Director learned that Brehmer last provided his probation supervisor with this list when Brehmer's probation was extended on May 24, 1999. The Director notified Brehmer of the case list investigation and requested a response three times, but Brehmer failed to respond. The Director also learned that Brehmer's attorney registration fees were unpaid from January 1, 2000 to February 29, 2000, that he was engaged in the practice of law while suspended, and that another complaint was filed against Brehmer by Olubunmi Adebanjo. Brehmer failed to respond to the Director's inquiries into these matters until July 11, 2000, which was 4 months late. These six counts of misconduct provided the basis for the Director's March 2000, petition for disciplinary sanctions. The following two client matters in the Director's supplementary petition allege the same types of misconduct as the original petitionneglect, noncommunication, improper notarization, misrepresentation to the court, failure to abide by court rules and orders, and unauthorized practice of law.