In re of the Discipline of Grimes

Justice PARRISH, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

1 In this attorney discipline case we are asked to review the district court's decision to depart from the presumptive sanction of disbarment and instead suspend attorney Jonathon W. Grimes for misappropriating client funds.1 First, we consider whether our deci*566sion in In re Discipline of Crawley, 2007 UT 44, 164 P.3d 1232, permits a downward departure from a presumptive sanction of disbarment if the lesser sanction is paired with probation. Second, we evaluate whether Mr. Grimes presented truly compelling mitigating cireumstances justifying a…