Pedro Antonio Diaz v. Commission for Lawyer Discipline

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-96-00151-CV

Pedro Antonio Diaz, Appellant

v.

Commission for Lawyer Discipline, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 98TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 95-06416, THE HONORABLE DANIEL E. SKLAR, JUDGE PRESIDING

Pedro Antonio Diaz appeals from a trial-court judgment that suspends for eighteen months his authority to practice law in the State of Texas. (1) We will affirm the judgment.

THE CONTROVERSY

Kenneth Korth, Diaz's former law partner, sued him to recover a $15,000 debt when Diaz failed to pay a loan made by Korth; and, because Korth…