In Re Hutchison

This disciplinary proceeding involves a substantial misuse of clients’ funds and serious derelictions in the operation of the trust account of the respondent attorney.

In February 1971 respondent represented two co-executors of an estate and held in his trust account moneys belonging to the estate. On April 21, 1971 he issued a check thereon in the sum of $25,319.54 in purported payment of these moneys. The check was returned for insufficient funds. At the time the check was presented for payment the account had a balance of only slightly over $5,000, which was reduced a short time later to…