In Re a Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of Delaware Higgins

Disciplinary Proceeding Upon Final Report of the Board on Professional Responsibility of the Supreme Court.

This is a Disciplinary Proceeding. A panel of the Board on Professional Responsibility (“Board”) 1 held a hearing involving charges of professional misconduct against the Respondent, James E. Higgins (“Higgins”). Bd.Prof.Resp.R. 9(d). The Board’s proceedings followed Higgins’ guilty plea to a criminal charge of feloniously converting several clients’ funds, which he held in trust, to his own use.

The Board has issued a final report to this Court (“Report”). The Board found that Higgins…