State Ex Rel. Counsel for Discipline v. Hart

NATURE OF CASE

On March 23, 2005, formal charges were filed by the State of Nebraska on behalf of the Counsel for Discipline of the Nebraska Supreme Court, as relator, against the respondent, James C. Hart, Jr., who was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Nebraska on February 28, 1972. After Hart failed to file an answer to the formal charges in the present case, we sustained the relator’s motion for judgment on the pleadings and must now determine the appropriate sanction.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The formal charges state that Hart practices law in Omaha, Nebraska. After…