In Re Davis

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

The respondent, Charles A. Davis, Jr., improperly partnered with his client in a variety of business dealings funded primarily by an earlier $200,000 personal injury settlement he negotiated on the client's behalf. The business ventures ultimately proved unsuccessful, as did the partnership between the respondent and his injured client. The client lost much of her settlement money. We suspend the respondent from the practice of law for 18 months as a result of his misconduct.

Having been admitted to the bar of this state in 1978, the respondent is subject to this Court's…