Vander Voort v. State Bar of Texas

OPINION

COHEN, Justice.

Appellants, two Texas attorneys, appeal from the trial court’s judgment ordering that they be publicly reprimanded for professional misconduct. The trial court found that appellants violated Supreme Court of Texas, Code of Professional Responsibility, DR 2-110(A)(l) and (2) (1984) (hereinafter referred to as DR 2-110). 1

The parties stipulated that: (1) in May 1982, appellants agreed to represent Jan Popiel in pursuing an involuntary bankruptcy proceeding; (2) appellants subsequently filed an adversary proceeding; (3) appellants were Popiel’s attorneys of record in the…