In Re the Alleged Unethical Conduct of Rich

Seven complaints were filed against respondent charging him with unethical practices. They covered a variety of accusations. Two alleged improper use of substantial trust funds for private and personal purposes; two related to the acceptance of fees for the prosecution of divorce actions which were never instituted, although numerous false representations to the contrary were made to the clients; one alleged obtaining a sum of money on the pretense of using it to fix a drunken driving case on appeal and failing to return it on affirmance of the conviction; another charged unethical conduct in…