Legal Opinion

In Re Murphy

Supreme Court of Missouri

Decided June 16, 1987No. 67770PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RENDLEN, Judge.

The Bar Committee of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit instituted disciplinary proceeding against respondent and following formal hearing found probable cause to believe respondent was guilty of professional misconduct. An Information was filed in this Court charging violation of Rule 4 1 DR 1-102(A)(3), (4) and (6), 2 DR 6-101(A)(3), 3 DR 7-101(A)(l) and (2), 4 and DR 9-102(B)(3) 5 in that:

After accepting a payment of $1,000.00 as his fee, William R. Murphy failed, over a period of several years beginning in 1978, to file a lawsuit he had agreed to file against the executor…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re LittletonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
  2. State v. SykesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1982
  3. In Re StaabSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986
  4. In Re MaierSupreme Court of Missouri · 1984
  5. Matter of WilliamsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1986

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In Re WaldronSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
  2. In Re KopfSupreme Court of Missouri · 1989
  3. Jones v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1988
  4. In Re StaabSupreme Court of Missouri · 1990
  5. In Re WarrenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1994

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