In re Pendergast

FINCH, Judge.

This is an original- proceeding initiated by the Fifth Judicial Circuit Bar Committee pursuant to Rule 5 1 seeking disbarment or discipline of respondent.

An information, filed following a formal hearing conducted on May 24, 1974, charges defendant with violating Rule 4 and more particularly DR 1 — 102(A)(4), DR 6— 101(A)(3) and DR 9-101(A)(2), these being disciplinary rules which provide that a lawyer will not engage in deceit or misrepresentation, that he will not neglect a legal matter entrusted to him and that he will preserve and protect the identity of funds of the client.…