In Re Moore

This disciplinary proceeding is heard upon the exceptions of respondent James P. Moore to the findings and recommendations of the Board of Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association sitting as commissioners of this court.

The sole issue is whether the commissioners’ findings that respondent was guilty of the charges of solicitation and advancement of funds to a client were supported by clear and convincing proof and warranted his suspension from practice for one year.

From the record it appears that respondent was admitted to practice law in Illinois in 1934, and was employed in the legal…