In Re Thornton

In this attorney disciplinary matter, respondent and the Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) have entered into an agreement pursuant to Rule 21, Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement, Rule 413, SCACR. In the agreement, respondent admits misconduct and consents to a definite suspension of six months and one day. We accept the agreement. 1

The facts in the agreement are as follows:

Respondent failed to promptly pay court-related expenses on two occasions. In the first incident, respondent failed to pay a $450 court reporter’s fee in a timely fashion. Although the court reporter telephoned…