In Re Merriwether

The Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) filed a complaint charging the respondent, Robert Lee Merriwether, Jr., with professional misconduct in relation to his conversion of money owed to a State agency. A panel of the Hearing Board found against respondent and recommended that he be censured. The Administrator filed exceptions to the Hearing Board’s recommendation. The Review Board agreed with the Hearing Board’s findings of fact and conclusions of law, but recommended that respondent be suspended for six months. The respondent and the Administrator…