In re Teplin

Respondent was admitted to the Bar in 1933. He is charged with commingling funds of a client received by him in escrow, and later converting the same to his own use. The charges were established, by documentary evidencé and, while never admitted by respondent, the facts were not denied. After the institution of this proceeding respondent opened a special account in which the full amount of the escrow payment, $5,500, was deposited.

The facts reveal an unprofessional disregard of the care to be taken by a lawyer of funds entrusted to him in his capacity as a member of the.Bar., The protection…