In Re Anonymous

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

The respondent attorney in this attorney disciplinary action hired an attorney who had been suspended from the practice of law to work in her law office, first as a bookkeeper, then as a paralegal. The suspended attorney had been recommended to the respondent by another attorney as "a suspended attorney looking for work." We find today that the working arrangement was impermissible because of the employee-attorney's suspension.

The respondent and the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission have submitted to this Court for approval a Statement of Circumstances and…