STATE EX REL. NEBRASKA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION v. Calinger

Formal charges were filed by the Disciplinary Review Board of the Nebraska State Bar Association against Walter M. Calinger. The charges alleged that Calinger continuously neglected a legal matter entrusted to him by his client involving a workers’ compensation case. As a result of Calinger’s actions, the workers’ compensation petition for benefits was dismissed.

The charges asserted that Calinger’s actions were a violation of his oath of office as an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Nebraska, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 7-104 (Reissue 1991), and were a violation of the following…