People v. Galindo

A hearing panel of the Supreme Court Grievance Committee approved the findings of a hearing board and recommended that the respondent 1 be suspended from the practice of law for three years and be assessed the costs of the proceeding. We accept the board’s and panel’s findings but modify the period of suspension to one year and one day.

I

Based on the testimony of the complainant’s witnesses and the respondent’s witnesses, including the respondent, and the exhibits introduced at the hearing, the hearing board found that the following facts were established by clear and convincing evidence.

A

The…