Sheridan's Case

In August 2001, the Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct (Committee) filed a petition with this court against the respondent, William C. Sheridan, requesting that he be suspended for one year from the practice of law. We referred the petition to a Judicial Referee (Dunn, J.) for hearing and recommendation. Thereafter, the Committee served a request for numerous factual admissions upon the respondent. When he failed to respond, the referee issued, upon motion, an order declaring the requests admitted, which we subsequently approved. In sum, the admitted facts constituted violations…