In re Ward

Subsequent to the State Bar’s issuance of a Formal Complaint, Respondent Richard O. Ward filed a Petition for Voluntary Discipline, pursuant to Bar Rule 4-227 (c), in which he admitted engaging in conduct that violated Standards 44 (a lawyer shall not without just cause to the detriment of his client in effect wilfully abandon or wilfully disregard a legal matter entrusted to him) and 45 (b) (in his representation of a client, a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of law or fact) of Bar Rule 4-102 (d), and requested an indefinite suspension, as defined in Bar Rule 4-102 (b) (2),…