Legal Opinion
Butler v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline
Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District
Decided September 19, 1996No. 13-95-022-CVPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RODRIGUEZ, Justice.
The Commission for Lawyer Discipline brought this disciplinary action for professional misconduct against David M. Butler. The trial court found violations of Disciplinary Rules 1.14(c) and 8.04(a)(3). Butler challenges the legal and factual sufficiency of the evidence, admission of videotaped testimony, exclusion of a witness’ testimony, and imposition of sanctions. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
Appellant, David M. Butler, represented Gerald Prado in an ongoing worker’s compensation suit in Nueces County, Texas. At the time, Prado was also facing a criminal charge of injury…
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