In re Mellinger

ORDER APPROVING STATEMENT OF CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONAL AGREEMENT FOR DISCIPLINE

Pursuant to Ind. Admission and Discipline Rule 23, Section 11, the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission and the respondent have submitted for approval a Statement of Cirewmstances and Conditional Agreement for Discipline stipulating a proposed discipline and agreed facts as summarized below:

Facts: While representing a client in a dissolution, the respondent changed two provisions of a proposed settlement that had already been signed by the client, without first notifying the client of the changes. The…