In re Harkins

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Grievance Committee for the Second and Eleventh Judicial Districts (hereinafter the Grievance Committee) served the respondent with a petition dated March 14, 2006, containing one charge of professional misconduct. After a hearing held on May 17, 2006, the Special Referee sustained the charge. The Grievance Committee now moves for an order confirming the Special Referee’s report and disciplining the respondent as this Court deems appropriate under the circumstances.

The respondent neither cross-moved nor submitted a response to the Grievance Committee’s motion to…