In re Disciplinary Action Against Gorshteyn

*765The Director of the Office of Lawyers Professional Responsibility filed a petition and supplementary petition for disciplinary action against respondent Boris A. Gorshteyn. The petitions allege numerous acts of professional misconduct, including misappropriation of approximately $382,000 in client funds, abandonment of client matters, settling clients' claims without their knowledge or consent, failing to maintain trust account books and records, and noncooperation with the Director's investigations. Gorshteyn did not file an answer to either petition. Accordingly, we deemed the allegations…