Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Winter

Attorney disciplinary proceeding; attorney's license suspended.

Attorney Richard T. Winter appealed from the referee's conclusions that he violated the rules of attorney professional conduct by his delay in completing the probate of an estate. Attorney Winter argued that the referee had erred in striking his affirmative defense and in denying his request to dismiss the proceeding on the ground that the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (Board) deliberately had refrained from including his conduct considered in this proceeding in a prior disciplinary proceeding that resulted in the…