Attorney Grievance Commission v. Sachse

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• suspending attorney indefinitely with leave to reapply in one year for mishandling a trust fund created by will
• suspending attorney indefinitely with leave to reapply in one year for mishandling a trust fund created by will
• ordering restitution of trust funds be made by a conflicted attorney-trustee who permitted the improper distribution of those funds
• ordering restitution of trust funds be made by a conflicted attorney-trustee who permitted the improper distribution of those funds
• “Although we have of late been reticent to allow alcoholism to mitigate violations of legal and ethical rules that would ordinarily warrant disbarment, ... we recognize that Bar Counsel has not sought Sachse’s disbarment....”
• lawyer’s failure to use knowledge, skill, thoroughness and preparation reasonably necessary for protection of trust or its beneficiaries violated Rule 1.1

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).