Matter of Disciplinary Proceedings Against Hicks

¶ 1. We review the recommendation of the referee, Amy Gentz, that Attorney Leo Barron Hicks receive a public reprimand for professional misconduct consisting of failing to hold a client's property in trust, separate from the lawyer's own property; failing to take remedial action when a lawyer knows of misconduct by another lawyer in the firm; and failing to treat property in which both the lawyer and another person claim interests as trust property until there has been an accounting and severance of their interests. The referee also recommends that Attorney Hicks be required to pay the costs…