In re: Eric F. Kayira

SUPREME COURT OF MISSOURI en banc Opinion issued January 12, 2021 IN RE: ERIC F. KAYIRA, ) ) No. SC98531 Respondent. ) ORIGINAL DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING The parties agree that, over a period of approximately five years, Eric F. Kayira repeatedly failed to notify clients he had received funds belonging to them, engaged in a pattern of depleting his clients’ funds—frequently to make payments owed to other clients—and misappropriated client funds to pay for personal and firm expenses. As Mr. Kayira acknowledges, disbarment is the baseline sanction for knowingly converting client funds and is the…