Matter of Henley

This disciplinary matter concerns the appropriate sanction for violations of Standard 30 of Bar Rule 4-102 (d), involving an attorney’s representation of a client where the attorney has a financial or personal interest which may reasonably affect his professional judgment, where the client is a close friend of the attorney and does not object to the attorney’s conduct. We hold that the client’s relationship to the attorney and lack of objection to the attorney’s conduct are not mitigating factors, and that, under the circumstances of this case, including the attorney’s violation of Standard…