In Re Adams

This is a disciplinary proceeding instituted by the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Bar Committee against respondent Clinton Adams, Jr., a licensed attorney. After informal and formal hearings, the Bar Committee filed an information charging respondent with three counts of professional misconduct. This Court appointed the Honorable Robert DeVoy, Judge of the Ninth Circuit, Special Master. The Master conducted a hearing, filed findings of fact and conclusions of law, and recommended that respondent be disbarred.

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Count I charges that Helyn Carpenter (a/k/a Helyn McGautha) employed respondent in…