In re Welcker

ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

PER CURIAM. *

This attorney disciplinary proceeding arises from two sets of formal charges, involving a total of eighteen counts of misconduct, filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“ODC”) against respondent, Ronald A. Welcker, a currently disbarred attorney.1

FORMAL CHARGES

97-DB-009

In Count I of the formal charges, the ODC alleges that Sherri Kloeber and Traci Champagne retained respondent to repre*178sent them in connection with a personal injury matter. Although the clients repeatedly attempted to contact respondent to determine the status of their pending…