In re Carnahan

Bar counsel appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court ordering the respondent, attorney Donald Dean Carnahan, be publicly reprimanded. We affirm.

Background. Bar counsel filed with the Board of Bar Overseers (board) a petition for discipline alleging that Carnahan improperly undertook the representation of an elderly hospitalized client while already representing another client with conflicting financial interests; that Carnahan refused to withdraw and return the new Ghent’s case file when a guardian was appointed and demanded that the files be returned; and that Carnahan…