Court Opinion

ID: 9564041
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 18:53:34.238945+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:18:11.968936
License: Public Domain

Judge JOHNSON
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion. The majority opinion aptly states the standard of proof in attorney disbarment proceedings. I do not agree that there was clear, cogent, and convincing evidence to support a conclusion that defendant violated all of the disciplinary rules as alleged. After applying the “whole record” test I cannot agree with the majority opinion that defendant’s multiple representation violated DR 5405(A). Moreover, findings of fact twenty-four (24), twenty-five (25), and twenty-six (26) do not support the Commission’s conclusion of law that defendant violated DR 5-105(A). The evidence, when considered as a whole, was not substantial so that a reasonable person might accept it as adequate to support the Commission’s conclusion that defendant violated DR 5405(A). I vote to reverse the Commission’s conclusion that defendant violated DR 5-105(A) and remand the order of discipline for reconsideration.