In re Smith

In this attorney grievance matter, Horace A. Smith (“Attorney”) is charged with engaging in misconduct in violation of various provisions of the Rules of Professional Conduct contained in Rule 407, SCACR, and the Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement contained in Rule 413, SCACR.

Factual/Procedural Background

On April 1, 1996, the Commission on Lawyer Conduct (the “Commission”) served Attorney with a notice and complaint alleging misconduct during the representation of a client, Ronald Quarles, on a shoplifting charge in municipal court. The charges alleged that during Quarles’s trial…