In the Matter of Brooks

This is a disciplinary matter. Respondent Walter W. Brooks was admitted to the Bar of this State in 1966. Since his admission respondent has actively engaged in the practice of law, devoting the vast majority of his time to criminal defense at the trial level.

This proceeding was initiated pursuant to our previous Rule on Disciplinary Procedure1 by the service of a Notice and Complaint on January 20, 1977. The final Amended Complaint charged respondent with a garden variety of *603twenty-one separate acts of misconduct, most of them directly involving him in alleged criminal activity. The matter…