Matter of Herkenhoff

OPINION

This matter is before the Court for consideration of the disciplinary board’s recommendation that W. Eugene Herkenhoff be suspended indefinitely from the practice of law with said suspension deferred on condition that Herkenhoff successfully complete a probationary period of at least one (1) year. We adopt the board’s recommendation in its entirety.

Herkenhoff was retained in 1987 by Edwin and Bonnie Cashion (Cashions) to represent them in a dispute they were having with an auto dealership regarding a vehicle they had purchased. He ultimately filed a lawsuit on his clients’ behalf.…