People v. McDowell

QUINN, Chief Justice.

A complaint was filed with the Grievance Committee charging the respondent, Scott D. McDowell, with professional misconduct arising out of his simultaneous representation of both the seller and purchaser of a corporate business. The grievance complaint alleged that the respondent engaged in dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation, as well as conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice, and conduct that adversely reflected on his fitness to practice law; that he accepted employment on behalf of a client in a situation involving a conflict of interest and…