In the Matter of Thomas E. Q. Williams

Attorney Discipline Action

We find that Respondent, Thomas E.Q. Williams, engaged in attorney misconduct by charging an unreasonable attorney fee to an elderly client, converting funds belonging to the client, and related miscon*94duct, aggravated by his dishonesty in denying under oath that the funds he took from the client as her attorney in fact were for legal services after stating under oath in a prior civil suit that they were for attorney fees. For this misconduct, we suspend Respondent for two years without automatic reinstatement.

This matter is before the Court on the report of the…