In Matter of Barron

Nancy E. Barron was charged with violating Standard 65 of Rule 4-102 in Part IV (Discipline) of the Rules and Regulations of the State Bar of Georgia, which provides: “A lawyer shall not commingle his client’s funds with his own and shall not fail to account for trust property, including money and interest paid on the client’s money, if any, held in any fiduciary capacity. A violation of this standard may be punished by disbarment.” (241 Ga. at 741)

The special master found that Ms. Barron had borrowed from her escrow account settlement proceeds in the amount of $7,209.16 belonging to her…