· 2/12/2014
Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. Ira M. Haught
Citations
- 233 W. Va. 185
- 757 S.E.2d 609
- 2014 WL 641981
- 2014 W. Va. LEXIS 125
How courts have described this case
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- holding that attorney’s failure to properly maintain his client trust account violated Rule 1.15(a) even though the attorney did not convert client funds to his own use
- stating that the fact that clients weren’t injured “is not an excuse for Respondent’s failure to properly maintain his client trust account.”
- suspending attorney Ira Haught’s law license for one year with additional sanctions for failing to keep client money in an IOLTA account and for making false statements as to an attorney-client relationship with real estate purchasers
- one-year suspension where respondent withdrew client funds from an IOLTA account, but did not convert to personal use
- lawyer who failed to properly deposit client funds and lied to the ODC about how he handled the funds, among other things, was suspended for one year
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Judges: Per Curiam
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