Matter of Mathis

I agree with the majority that a 12-month suspension with conditions on reinstatement would be appropriate discipline in this case. However, I disagree that the suspension should be nunc pro tunc to March 12, 2010, the date Mathis stopped practicing law not voluntarily but as a result of an interim suspension order that this Court entered after Mathis failed to respond to the State Bar’s Notice of Investigation as required by Rule 9.3 of Bar Rule 4-102 (“During the investigation of a grievance filed under these Rules, the lawyer complained against shall respond to disciplinary authorities in…