In re Welch

In this attorney disciplinary matter, a full panel of the Commission on Lawyer Conduct recommended respondent be disbarred. We agree and disbar respondent, retroactive to the date he was placed on interim suspension for the misconduct which led to his indefinite suspension and to the conviction which forms the basis for disbarment.1

FACTS

On July 26, 1999, respondent was placed on indefinite suspension for failing to supervise an employee who engaged in a check kiting scheme which involved trust and title accounts.2 In the Matter of Welch, 335 S.C. 613, 518 S.E.2d 821 (1999). On August 29,…