Legal Opinion
In Re Kline
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided January 13, 2011No. 09-BG-1531PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FARRELL, Senior Judge:
Respondent Kline, in the Hearing Committee’s words, “committed a significant number of serious ethical violations” which the Board on Professional Responsibility (the Board) summarized as follows:
Respondent failed to make crucial litigation filings, and as a result, a default judgment was entered against his client, [The Ad Agency, Inc.]. Without telling his client about the default judgment, Respondent negotiated settlement terms with the adverse parties [collectively the Savino defendants] under which his client was to pay $50,000. He did not bring these terms to his…
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