In Re Connaghan

PINCH, Senior Judge.

This is a disciplinary proceeding against John D. Connaghan, respondent, brought under Rule 5 by the Bar Committee of the 22nd Judicial Circuit of Missouri.

After notice and hearing as required by Rule 5, the Circuit Bar Committee found that there was probable cause to believe that respondent Connaghan had engaged in conduct which is subject to discipline. It then filed in this court an information which charged that respondent had collected a fee of $20,000 from various automobile dealers to help them secure favorable action on legislation which was then pending in the…