In Re Bender

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

The respondent in this attorney disciplinary action has been charged with failing to obtain the consent of a client before initiating a lawsuit on the client’s behalf and thereafter engaging in an impermissible conflict of interest in relation to his representation of that client. Pursuant to Ind.Admission and Discipline Rule 23, Section 11(c), the Disciplinary Commission and the respondent have agreed that certain violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys at Law occurred and that a public reprimand is an appropriate sanction for that misconduct. The…