In Re Simpson

The Board of Managers and the Committee on Grievances of The Chicago Bar Association, as Commissioners of this court under Supreme Court Rule 751 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1967, ch. 110A, par. 751) filed a report recommending that respondent, John J. Simpson, Jr., an attorney, be suspended from the practice of law for one year and until further order of this court. The recommendation was based upon the finding that respondent accepted fees from two clients for work which he failed to perform, and converted the funds to his own use.

This is the second time this matter is before the court. On January 18,…