In Re Mitgang

A complaint was brought against respondent, Henry Mitgang, by the Chicago Bar Association to investigate certain practices alleged to be unprofessional and contrary to law, for the purpose of disbarring him.

It charged that in 1931 he entered into an agreement with two laymen, by which they agreed to solicit personal injury and death claims for him, and that he agreed to pay them as compensation a portion of the attorney fees which he might be paid in such cases; and that for a number of years such persons solicited and procured claims, as the result of which respondent was retained to…