Court Opinion

ID: 9538502
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 07:37:08.367421+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:57:56.008766
License: Public Domain

HOLMAN, J.,
concurring.
In the past this court has made an understandable distinction in the way offending members of the Bar have been treated between those guilty of dishonesty and those guilty of procrastination and inattention to their clients’ affairs. It has been reluctant to inflict severe sanctions for other than dishonesty.
Because of the number of cases presently coming to this court which concern legitimate complaints of procrastination and inattention, I have come to the conclusion that protection of the public requires that more severe sanctions be imposed for such offenses. Unfortunately, the effect upon the client may be just as disastrous as if dishonesty were involved.
In the present instance the accused did not even respond to the Bar’s inquiry when he was originally informed of the complaint made against him. I would suspend him for a year to get his attention.