Nardi's Case

The Supreme Court Committee on Professional Conduct (committee) filed a petition seeking disbarment of the respondent, Vincent J. Nardi, II. See SUP. CT. R. 37(13)(a:)V The Judicial Referee (Temple, J.) found by clear and convincing evidence that the respondent violated Rules of Professional Conduct (Rules) 1.15(a)(1), 1.15(c), 4.1(a), 8.4(a), and 8.4(c), and recommended suspénsion as a sanction. The respondent does not challenge either *605the referee’s rulings that he committed numerous ethical violations or the findings of fact which support those rulings, but urges a brief period of…