Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Cassidy

Attorney disciplinary proceeding; attorney's license revoked.

This is an appeal by the Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (Board) from the referee's recommendation of discipline to be imposed upon Attorney James W. Cassidy for his professional misconduct. That misconduct included conversion of client funds to be held in trust, failure to maintain adequate trust account records and borrowing money from clients without giving them an opportunity to obtain the advice of independent counsel in those loan transactions. As discipline for that misconduct, the referee recommended that the…