Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility v. Grapsas

¶ 1. Attorney Nicholas C. Grap-sas appealed from the referee's recommendation that he be required to make restitution to a client for the fee she paid him to represent her in an immigration matter and for the costs she incurred in returning to her home country in order to apply for a visa as a result of Attorney Grapsas' unsuccessful attempt to obtain a nonimmigrant status for her. Attorney Grapsas did not appeal timely from the referee's initial report concluding that he had engaged in professional misconduct in his handling of that client's matter, for which the referee recommended he be…