In re Shuford

This is a disciplinary proceeding in which the respondent, Walter Roy Shuford, is charged with numerous acts of misconduct. The panel of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline found respondent guilty and recommended that he be permanently disbarred. We agree and adopt the panel’s factual findings.

The complaint against respondent alleges, among other things, ten different instances where clients failed to receive settlement proceeds or proper third-party payments were not made out of settlement proceeds; two instances where retainers were paid but legal services not performed;…