Matter of Discipline of Ray

This attorney disciplinary matter comes to us after a 3-day hearing with the referee’s recommendation that respondent be suspended. We conclude a suspension of 3 years should be imposed.

Respondent Harry N. Ray has practiced law since 1953, the last 9 years as a sole practitioner. He now practices out of his home in Bloomington. In 1981, an attorney representing Walter Dale Hall complained about respondent’s failure to respond to requests for an accounting of funds that had been entrusted by Hall to the respondent for investment. An investigation followed, resulting in this disciplinary…