Matter of Edwards

In this attorney disciplinary matter, the Hearing Panel (“Panel”) and Executive Committee (“Committee”) found Edwards committed misconduct in connection with: (1) several personal bankruptcy filings in which he represented himself or in which he assisted his lawyer; and (2) two of the bar applications he submitted to the Committee on Character and Fitness. Specifically, the Panel and Committee found that Edwards committed misconduct by failing to appear for a 2004 examination 1 and for a civil contempt hearing; in transferring certain property to his parents during the pendency of his Chapter…