In Re Egbune

We have consolidated two disciplinary proceedings in order to issue one opinion and order. The first discipline case, No. 98SA120, concerns false accusations made by the respondent, Patrick Anene Egbune, against an attorney and a judge. The second case, No. 98SA206 concerns Egbune’s sexual assault of a client. In No. 98SA120, a hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee accepted the findings of a hearing board, but modified the recommendation. The panel recommended that the respondent be suspended for thirty days and be required to comply with certain conditions. The same hearing…