In Re Cummings

This matter comes before the court for consideration of a petition filed by the Board on Professional Responsibility for the temporary suspension of respondent from the practice of law, and of the pleadings and oral argument in support of and in opposition to the petition.

We grant the petition for temporary suspension. The Board has established, by unrebutted affidavits, that respondent used escrow funds to pay a former employee; that escrow accounts have been overdrawn, and that checks drawn on escrow accounts have been returned for insufficient funds; and that there have been unexplained…