Matter of Weinroth

This is an attorney disciplinary case in which the respondent was found to have violated Disciplinary Rule 2-103(C) and Disciplinary Rule 3-102(A). These Rules, respectively, prohibit an attorney from rewarding a lay person who had referred a client to the attorney and from sharing a legal fee with a lay person. A formal ethics committee complaint was filed against respondent on November 22, 1983 charging him with violating these disciplinary rules. Hearings were held by the District XIII Ethics Committee (Committee), which found that respondent violated both Disciplinary Rules. The Committee…