Alabama State Bar v. Hallett

WOODALL, Justice.

The Alabama State Bar (“the Bar”) and Lawrence Johnson Hallett, Jr., a member of the Bar, appeal and cross-appeal, respectively, from a decision of the Board of Disciplinary Appeals of the Alabama State Bar (“the Board”), which reversed in part an order of a panel of the Disciplinary Board of the Alabama State Bar (“the panel”); the panel had disciplined Hallett after finding that he had violated Rules 1.5(a), 1.5(e), 1.8(a), and 8.4(g), Ala. R. Prof. Cond. We reverse and remand.

I. Factual and Procedural Background

This disciplinary action arose out of an action commenced in…