Neely v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline

OPINION

ELSA ALCALA, Justice.

Appellant, George R. Neely, appeals from a judgment that he engaged in professional misconduct in violation of rules 7.02(a), 7.03(a), 7.04(j), 7.05, and 7.07 of the Rules of Professional Conduct (Part VII). Trial was to the court, which also imposed disciplinary sanctions on Neely. In four issues, Neely challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence to support the trial court’s findings of professional misconduct and to support the sanctions imposed. Neely also contends that the trial court’s interpretation and application of Part VII violated…