Kalil's Case

The Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct (committee) filed a petition with this court after a hearing requesting that the respondent, Earl L. Kalil, Jr., be suspended from the practice of law for a period of six months for violations of the Rules of Professional Conduct (the Rules). On March 10, 2000, we appointed a Judicial Referee (Bean, J.) to conduct a hearing on the committee’s petition. After a hearing, the judicial referee filed a report upholding the findings of the committee, but recommending that the committee impose a “preferably private” censure of the respondent…