In re Walters

This matter is before the Court on petitioner/ respondent’s Petition for Reinstatement and the reciprocal disciplinary provisions of Rule 29, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Petitioner/respondent was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 1988 and to the North Carolina Bar in 1993. By order dated September 28, 2009, the Court definitely suspended petitioner/respondent from the practice of law in this State for twelve (12) months, retroactive to June 27, 2008, the date of his interim suspension.1 In the Matter of Walters, 385 S.C. 235, 683 S.E.2d 801 (2009).

In June 2010,…