Mississippi Bar v. Ogletree

¶ 29. .In my opinion, the Court’s precedent mandates harsher punishment than that imposed by the majority; therefore, I respectfully dissent. I agree with the majority’s analysis of the Liebling factors, with one exception—“sanctions imposed in similar cases.” Liebling v. Miss. Bar, 929 So.2d 911, 918 (¶ 23) (Miss.2006). In my opinion, a' three-year- suspension is warranted in the instant case.

¶30. The Court has recognized that, while not always consistent, the trend has been “toward harsher sanctions' when a lawyer has committed the ‘cardinal sin’ of law practice and 'misappropriated money…