Practicing With Professionalism - South Carolina Bar Association

. People v. Barringer, 61 P.3d 495 (Colo.O.P.DJ. 2001).
Attorney settled client's case without client's consent, by
forging client's signature and notarizing forged documents.
Attorney endorsed and retained the settlement check and used
the proceeds for personal purposes. Attorney's use of client's
funds constituted knowing conversion, in addition to other
violations.) (disbarment);
c. People v. Skaalerud, 963 P.2d 341 (Colo. 1998). (Attorney
converted client funds from· settlements in personal injury and
workers' compensation claims, occasionally settling the cases
without the client's knowledge and, at times, forging the
clients' signatures on the settlement checks. Attorney
neglected other client matters and abandoned his law practice.)
(disbarment);
d. People v. Dice, 947 P.2d 339 (Colo. 1997). (While acting as a
fiduciary in various conservatorship, estate, and trust matters,
attorney knowingly or recklessly misappropriated in excess of
$170,000, from client funds.) (disbarment);
e. People v. Mundis, 929 P.2d 1327 (Colo. 1996), (Attorney
failed t6 segregate personal and business funds from client
funds; failed to keep sufficient records to identify client funds
beingheld in the trust account; and used any funds available in
the trust account to satisfy demands of other clients and to pay
his own personal and business expenses.) (disbarment);
f. People v. Motsenbocker, 926 P.2d 576 (Colo. 1996). (Elected
treasurer of his local bar association, attorney knowingly
misappropriated bar association funds to assist family members
in financial difficulties.) (disbarment);
g. People v. Marsh, 908 P.2d 1115 (Colo. 1996). (Attorney
intentionally diverted to his own use garnishment funds being _
paid on a client's promissory note; neglected client matters;
failed to return client files and documents upon discharge; and
engaged in other misconduct.) (disbarment);
h. People v. Walsh,880 P.2d 766 (Colo.- 1994)... (Attorney
admitted he had converted more than $80,000 in client funds;
on six occasions had misappropriated client funds obtained in
settlement agreements; and obtained a loan from a client on
which he defaulted.) (disbarment);
Professionalism CLE (2004)