In Re Huggins

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report of the Special Master, Gregory S. Ellington, recommending that the Court accept the petition for voluntary discipline filed by Scott Chandler Huggins (State Bar No. 375445) and impose a six-month suspension, with conditions upon reinstatement, for his neglect of five matters involving criminal defense clients.

After the State Bar filed a formal complaint and a special master was appointed, Huggins, who was admitted to the Bar in 1997, filed a petition for voluntary discipline. He admitted to the following conduct, which occurred in…