Matter of Puterbaugh

The Disciplinary Commission charged that David J. Puterbaugh engaged in lawyer misconduct by failing to act with reasonable diligence and promptness in representing a client, failing to make reasonable efforts to expedite that client’s case and engaging in dishonest, fraudulent, and deceitful conduct in discussing the status of that case with the client. A hearing officer appointed by this Court to hear this matter concluded, after reviewing the parties’ Stipulations of Fact and Misconduct, that the respondent engaged in misconduct as charged. This matter is now before this Court for final…