In Re Freel

On May 9, 1980, the Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (Commission) filed a one-count complaint against respondent, James D. Freel, who was admitted to the practice of law on November 19, 1954. A panel of the Hearing Board found that the Administrator had proved by clear and convincing evidence that respondent had failed to properly account for his client’s funds, had failed promptly, upon request, to pay and deliver the client’s funds, and had commingled the client’s funds with his own. The panel recommended that respondent’s license to practice law be…