In re Disciplinary Proceedings Against Whitnall

Attorney disciplinary proceeding; attorney's license suspended.

Attorney William D. Whitnall appealed from the report of the referee recommending that his license to practice law be suspended for 18 months as discipline for professional misconduct. That misconduct consisted of *703his endorsing, without authorization, the name of an insurer on a settlement check and negotiating that check without making payment from the proceeds the amount due to that insurer, continuing to practice law while suspended from practice for failure to comply with continuing legal education requirements, refusing to…