In Re Cupples

COVINGTON, Judge.

This is the second disciplinary proceeding against Gary M. Cupples. In Matter of Cupples, 952 S.W.2d 226, 237 (Mo. banc 1997), this Court held that Cupples violated duties to both his former law firm and the law firm’s client by secreting client files as he prepared to withdraw from the firm, removing files from the law. firm without the client’s consent, and failing to inform the client of the change in the nature of representation. Cupples was also found to have engaged in conduct including dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation. Rule 4-8.4(c). He was publicly…