Legal Opinion
Santos v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline
Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)
Decided May 20, 2004No. 14-03-00829-CVPublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EVA M. GUZMAN, Justice.
The Commission for Lawyer Discipline filed a disciplinary action against appellant, Alfred Santos, alleging professional misconduct. In eleven issues, Santos appeals the trial court’s judgment that he committed professional misconduct, its imposition of a one-year fully probated suspension from the practice of law and monetary sanctions. We affirm. 1
Factual BACKGROUND
Vladimir Celovsky retained Santos to represent him in an immigration matter. A hearing was scheduled in the case on May 11, 2000; however, Santos failed to appear at the hearing. At some point…
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3Cited by27 opinions
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