In Re Matson

In this disciplinary matter, respondent is charged with engaging in misconduct in violation of various provisions of the Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement, Rule 413, SCACR (RLDE), and the Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 407, SCACR.

FACTS

The formal charges include allegations respondent was late for clients’ hearings and settlement conferences and was unprepared for these hearings; failed to properly serve opposing parties thus delaying the hearings; failed to finalize documents for clients and failed to send proposed orders to the family court judge for his approval and signature;…