In Re Wagner

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

Attorney Mark E. Wagner charged a homeowner $1,000 to release his client's judgment lien (which had earlier been formally avoided in the homeowner's bank-ruptey) on the homeowner's residence. For that, along with the respondent's false statement to the homeowner's new lender that the judgment lien had "apparently" not been avoided in bankruptey, we conclude that the respondent engaged in professional misconduct.

This attorney disciplinary case is now before us for final determination upon the hearing officer's findings of fact and conclusions of law. Therein, the hearing…