In re Rhoad

In this attorney disciplinary matter, Dennis Rhoad (respondent) was charged with possession of cocaine and later encouraged others to make misleading statements to two of his clients. The Commission on Lawyer Conduct (Commission) recommended that this Court impose the sanction of an admonition plus costs. We sanction respondent with a ninety-day definite suspension plus costs.

FACTS

In the early morning hours of June 21, 2003, respondent became intoxicated at a bar. He and his friends walked to a fraternity party, where some attendees were snorting lines of cocaine from the surface of a framed…