Matter of Simeone

This disciplinary matter arises from two separate reports and recommendations of the Disciplinary Review Board (DRB) that culminated in a recommendation of combined sanctions amounting to six years suspension, retroactive to the attorney’s December 1980 suspension from practice.

The recommendation is based on the DRB’s finding of multiple instances of misconduct involving neglect of certain clients’ matters, misrepresentation of the status of other clients’ matters, one instance of misuse of a client’s funds as an attorney in a real estate matter, and one instance of misuse of a client’s funds…