In re Matson

In this attorney disciplinary matter, respondent and disciplinary counsel have entered into an agreement under Rule 21 of the Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement (RLDE) contained in Rule 413, SCACR. In the agreement, respondent admits misconduct and consents to an appropriate *95sanction. We accept the agreement and impose an eighteen-month definite suspension, retroactive to November 30, 1998. We find that the instant matter was part of a pattern of misconduct discussed in In the Matter of Ginger P. Matson, 333 S.C. 242, 509 S.E.2d 263 (1998). Therefore, the sanction imposed in this…