In re Wenk

Allen, C.J., and Gibson, J.,

dissenting. The Professional Conduct Board found that respondent violated DR 1-102(A)(4) by not candidly answering a question regarding his client’s status in litigation in which the respondent was representing the client, and that he knowingly engaged in misrepresentation by omission by not informing his client that he had lost his interest in property in Vermont by default. It also found that he violated DR 6-101(A)(3) by failing to file an answer to a petition to partition and by failing to communicate with his client. It concluded that while his initial…