Disciplinary Proceedings Against Hartigan

¶ 1. We review the referee's report and recommendation that Attorney Seth E Hartigan's license to practice law in this state be suspended for six months for his professional misconduct as alleged in the complaint filed by the Office of Lawyer Regulation (OLR) in this court on August 11, 2003. That complaint alleged that Hartigan, who was admitted to practice law in January 1998 and who had no prior disciplinary history, had committed six counts of professional misconduct involving two separate client matters.

¶ 2. Attorney Michael Ash, appointed to act as referee in this matter, scheduled a…