In Re Kitchel

In this attorney disciplinary matter, the Commission on Lawyer Conduct (the Commission) filed formal charges against Respondent Dirk J. Kitchel. Respondent did not respond by way of answer or motion to the charges. The subpanel granted the Commission’s motion to hold respondent in default and deemed respondent’s failure to respond to the formal charges an admission of the factual allegations. The subpanel’s order notified respondent he could present mitigating evidence at the hearing.

Respondent appeared at the hearing before the subpanel. He admitted he did not timely respond to the two…