In re a Member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the State: Katz

This is a lawyer disciplinary proceeding. A Petition for Discipline was filed on April 1, 2009, in Case No.2008-0587-B (the “Petition”) involving I. Jay Katz, Esquire (the “Respondent”). The Petition alleged that the Respondent engaged in professional *1135misconduct in violation of Rule 1.1 (two counts), 1.4(b) (two counts), 1.7 (one count) and 1.16(a) (Interpretive Guideline Re: Residential real estate transactions) (one count) of the Delaware Lawyers’ Rules of Professional Conduct (the “Rules”).

In the proceedings before the Board on Professional Responsibility (the “Board”), the Office of…