In re Bergevin

OPINION OF THE COURT

Respondent was admitted to the practice of law by this Court on February 18, 1976, and maintains an office in Buffalo. The Grievance Committee has filed a petition alleging multiple *54violations of the Code of Professional Responsibility.

The petition alleges that respondent neglected a client’s personal injury action, resulting in its dismissal, misrepresented to the client that it had been settled, and paid the client’s share of the recovery using other clients’ funds that he deposited into his general operating account and his trust account. The petition also alleges that…