In Re Atwater

In this attorney disciplinary matter, respondent and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel have entered into an Agreement for Discipline by Consent pursuant to Rule 21, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR. In the agreement, respondent admits misconduct and consents to the imposition of any sanction set forth in Rule 7(b), RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR.

Respondent has also filed a motion asking the Court to allow him to supplement the record with an affidavit in mitigation and to allow him to personally appear before the Court regarding the agreement or, in the alternative, to remand the matter to the Commission on…