In re Baldwin

This matter is before the Court for review of the independent recommendations of the Hearing Panel (Panel) and Executive Committee of the Board of Commissioners on Grievances and Discipline (Board) that respondent Joseph Rees Baldwin, an attorney, be publicly reprimanded for the commission of several specific acts of professional misconduct.

First, respondent was charged with neglect of a legal matter entrusted to him and failure to carry out a contract of *293employment with his client. Respondent represented Thomas Evans on several serious charges. On October 5, 1979, Evans was tried and found…