People v. Sims

The respondent in this lawyer discipline proceeding received funds into his attorney trust account and then disbursed the funds in violation of his fiduciary duty.' A hearing board recommended that he be disbarred, with readmission conditioned on satisfying a judgment against him. A hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved the board’s findings of fact and its recommendations. The respondent excepted to the panel’s action, asserting that disbarment is too severe a sanction. Nevertheless, we accept the panel’s recommendations, and order that the respondent be disbarred.

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