Court Opinion

ID: 9559210
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 17:24:39.169021+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:10:07.214866
License: Public Domain

HAYS, Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent. I agree with the opinion of the majority in all respects except that I cannot go along with the punishment imposed. It appears to me that the “watered down” version of punishment adopted by the majority invites more and better testing of all the provisions of the Code of Professional Ethics. Admittedly, the Respondents violated the Code in order to secure more clients for their legal clinic. The testing of an allegedly questionable provision was incidental and the method of testing was the one calculated to attain the monetary advantage sought.
I would adopt the penalty recommended by the Special Administrative Committee, suspension for not less than six (6) months.