Court Opinion

ID: 9790795
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 01:59:35.821434+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:31.663490
License: Public Domain

HODGES, Vice Chief Justice,
concurring.
I concur with the majority opinion on the imposition of a six (6) month suspension for the respondent Todd instead of a one (1) year suspension as suggested by the dissents for the following additional factors: (1) The Professional Responsibility Tribunal’s recommendation for a one year suspension was based on the finding of two counts of misconduct instead of this court’s unanimous finding of misconduct in only one of two counts, (2) Judge Caldwell, the trial judge, who set aside the default judgment after an adversary hearing, testified in the disciplinary hearing below that in his opinion Respondent Todd’s misconduct was a matter more of neglect rather than of willful intent and (3) there was no finding of prior misconduct.