In re the Disbarment of McLughlin

OPINION OF THE COURT

(December 5, 2013)

This matter is before the Court pursuant to a petition for disciplinary action filed by the Ethics & Grievance Committee of the Virgin Islands Bar Association (“EGC”), which requests that this Court approve its recommendation to, among other things, disbar Monique D. McLaughlin, Esq. For the reasons that follow, we deny the petition as to the request for disbarment, and instead impose a 12 month suspension.

I. BACKGROUND

On June 24,1999, Dale W. Hensley, an attorney employed by the North Carolina law firm of Royster, Cross, Currin & Winfrey LLP (“the…