In Re Bash

Attorney Discipline Action

This matter is before the Court on the report of the hearing officer appointed by this Court to hear evidence on the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission’s “Verified Complaint for Disciplinary Action.” We find that Respondent, Richard M. Bash, engaged in attorney misconduct by failure to provide competent legal services to one client and attempted sexual misconduct with another client.

The Respondent’s 2000 admission to this state’s bar subjects him to this Court’s disciplinary jurisdiction. See Ind. Const. art. 7, § 4. For his misconduct, we find that…