Matter of Gallo

This disciplinary proceeding arose from a random compliance audit of respondent’s trust account. As a result of the audit, the Office of Attorney Ethics (OAE) filed a complaint charging respondent with a number of ethical infractions. The charges included failure to maintain required records, payment of personal expenses from the attorney’s trust account, depositing personal funds into the trust account to replace client funds improperly used to pay business expenses, depositing the trust funds of a client into respondent’s business account, failure to safeguard client funds, misappropriation…