In re Ellis

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the report of Special Master Michael Sumner, recommending that the Court accept the petition for voluntary discipline filed by Perry Dean Ellis (State Bar No. 245836) and impose a Review Panel reprimand in connection with his failure to properly supervise a non-lawyer staff member.

After the filing of a formal complaint, Ellis, who was admitted to the Bar in 1990, filed a petition for voluntary discipline in lieu of an answer, see Bar Rules 4-212 (d) and 4-227 (c). In his petition, Ellis admits the following facts: his firm was retained to…