In Re Barrick

A will which the respondent, William Henry Barrick, drafted in July 1974 for a client, Mrs. Josephine Caster, who died 7 months later, included a lifetime annuity for the respondent of $12,000 per year, the amount he had been receiving as an annual retainer from Mrs. Caster. The actuarial value of the bequest was $2% of the estate. The Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission filed a complaint charging that, because of the bequest to himself, the respondent, in preparing the will, engaged in conduct tending to bring the legal profession into disrepute and…