In re Witte

WELLIVER, Judge.

This is a disciplinary proceeding originally instituted by the Bar Committee of the Twenty First Judicial Circuit against Donald M. Witte, a practicing attorney in St. Louis, Missouri. The Bar Committee found there was probable cause to believe that respondent was guilty of professional misconduct and caused an information to be issued charging respondent with making two settlements on behalf of his client Doris Duckett without her knowledge or consent, with commingling the proceeds of the two settlements with his own funds for his own use and benefit, and with forging or…