Welts' Case

This action is brought by the committee on professional conduct (the committee), which petitions this court to suspend the respondent, Jeremy Welts, from the practice of law in this State for a period of six months. On October 24,1990, we appointed a Judicial Referee (Bean, J.) to conduct a hearing on the committee’s petition. The referee found, by clear and convincing evidence, that the respondent violated Rules 1.1(a), 1.1(b)(5), 1.1(c)(4), 1.3(a), 1.4(a), and 8.4(c) of the Rules of Professional Conduct (the Rules). The respondent maintains that the evidence presented does not support the…