Matter of Mendell

BLACKMAR, Judge.

This case presents the tragic story of a young lawyer of ability and apparent good reputation who represented to a client that a case had been settled for $7,500, and made appropriate remittance to the client, when in truth the settlement had been for $8,000, and an additional amount of at least $336 should have been remitted. He attempted to conceal the discrepancy for many months, using numerous deceptive devices, and offered to make restitution only when confronted by unassailable proof before the Bar Committee of the Fifth Judicial Circuit. The Master, the Honorable J.…