Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. April D. Conner

DAVIS, Justice:

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel (“the ODC”) instituted this' lawyer disciplinary proceeding against the respondent, April D. Conner (“Ms. Conner”). The disposition recommended by the Hearing Panel Subcommittee (“HPS”) of the Lawyer Disciplinary Board, in which Ms. Conner acquiesced, included a thirty-day suspension of Ms. Conner’s law license, in addition to other recommended sanctions. This Court did not agree with the proposed punishment and scheduled the case for oral argument. Thereafter, the ODC moved this Court to enhance the previously-requested sanctions because, in…