In Re Bass

This is a disciplinary proceeding against the respondent under Supreme Court Rule 59 (Ill.Rev.Stat. 1965, ch. 110, par.101.59). The cause is before us on the respondent’s exceptions to the report of the Committee on Grievances of the Chicago Bar Association, which recommended that the respondent be suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years. Upon hearing on this report, the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association, sitting as Commissioners, amended the recommended suspension from practice to a period of one year.

The recommendation is predicated upon three separate…