In re Moncus

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary discipline filed by Jerry Wayne Moncus (State Bar No. 515690); the petition was filed before the State Bar petitioned for the appointment of a special master, see Bar Rule 4-227. Moncus seeks the imposition of a Review Panel reprimand based on his failure to communicate adequately with a client he was representing in civil litigation.

Moncus, who was admitted to the Bar in 1992, admits in his petition that in July 2008 he was retained by a client and filed a civil complaint on the client’s behalf in October 2008. At the…