Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Sigall

All of the incidents involved in this disciplinary action show a continuing pattern of neglect on the part of respondent. When an attorney enters into an attorney-client relationship he must be diligent in the performance of the services for which he has been retained. A failure on the part of an attorney to do the work for which a client has paid him a fee is tantamount to theft of that fee from the client.

*18When faced with similar cases in the past, this court has suspended attorneys for periods of from one year to an indefinite period for neglect of duty in legal matters entrusted to them.…