Skelton v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline

OPINION

HUDSON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment in favor of the Commission for Lawyer Discipline on its claim that appellant, Jim Skelton, engaged in professional misconduct by violating rules 1.01(b)(1), 1.01(b)(2), 1.03(a), 1.04(d), 8.01(b), 8.04(a)(1), and 8.04(a)(8) of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Tex. Disciplinaey R. PROf’l Conduct 1.01(b)(1), 1.01(b)(2), 1.03(a), 1.04(d), 8.01(b), 8.04(a)(1), and 8.04(a)(8), reprinted in Tex. Gov’t Code Ann., tit. 2, subtit. G app. A-l (Vernon 1998) (Tex. State BaR R. art. X, § 9). After conducting a separate…