In Re Complaint as to the Conduct of Mannis

The issue framed by the briefs and oral argument is what sanction to impose for violations of DR 9-102(A) of the Code of Professional Responsibility, which provides:

“All funds of clients paid to a lawyer or law firm, including advances for costs and expenses, shall be deposited in one or more identifiable trust accounts maintained in the state in which the law office is situated and no funds belonging to the lawyer or law firm shall be deposited therein except as follows:

“(1) Funds reasonably sufficient to pay account charges may be deposited therein.

“ (2) Funds belonging in part to a client…