In Re Howard

ORIGINAL DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING

BENTON, Judge.

The Chief Disciplinary Counsel charges attorney Raymond Howard with “placing his own prurient interests paramount to and in conflict with his client’s best interest” and with “impugning the integrity of opposing counsel, the judge and the judicial process.” Rules of Professional Conduct 1.7(b), 2.1, 3.5(c), 8.2(a) and 8.)(e). After reviewing the *62evidence de novo, this Court orders Howard suspended for violating Rules 1.7(b) and 2.1.

I

On July 23, 1989, Wanda J. Sargent and her spouse hired Howard for an insurance claim. During the course of…