In Re Beery

The Passaic County Ethics and Grievance Committee has presented the respondent for unprofessional conduct. It appears that the respondent received from a client, Mrs. Ruth C. Warner, a retainer fee of $175 upon his agreement to institute an action for divorce against her husband. After a lapse of more than a year Mrs. Warner was told by the respondent that a suit had been instituted and was waiting trial. Repeated inquiries brought forth the explanation that the judge who was to hear the case was ill and it would have to be assigned to another. The fact is that no action was instituted by the…