In re Rea

Respondent was admitted to the Bar by this court on October 18,1954. In this proceeding to discipline him for professional misconduct, petitioner moves to confirm the report of the hearing Judge which, based upon respondent’s admissions, sustained four charges of neglect of legal matters and two charges of deceiving his clients. The motion to confirm is granted. In determining an appropriate sanction for respondent’s misconduct, we note in partial mitigation that three of the neglect charges and one of the deceit charges occurred during the period when respondent was using alcohol to excess;…