In re Schacht

OPINION OF THE COURT

*159The Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts (now Second, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Judicial Districts) (hereinafter the Grievance Committee) served the respondent with a petition dated January 11, 2008 containing five charges of professional misconduct. After a hearing before Special Referee Pizzuto on March 11, 2009, Special Referee Clarke prepared a report based on the hearing minutes and the evidence adduced before Special Referee Pizzuto. Special Referee Clarke sustained all five charges and noted that the “[mjitigation evidence submitted is…