In Re Discipio

In this attorney discipline case, respondent, Francis M. Discipio, concedes that he violated the Code of Professional Responsibility (the Code) when he improperly divided his legal fees with Jerome Ruther, a disbarred attorney. However, respondent disputes whether he aided Ruther in the unauthorized practice of law when he permitted Ruther to gather preliminary factual information from workers’ compensation clients and obtain the clients’ signatures to pertinent documents. We conclude that respondent’s actions aided Ruther in the unauthorized practice of law. For respondent’s violations of…