Matter of Disciplinary Proceeding Against Gillingham

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• recognizing that “[u]nlike the other rules governing conflicts of interest, the prohibition on testamentary gifts which are drafted by the lawyer-beneficiary does not include an exception when the client gives informed consent”
• finding negligence where the attorney complied roughly with the spirit of the RPCs and evidence of the attorney’s negligent state of mind was apparent in the record
• 60 day suspension for obtaining loan from client without proper safeguards, and drafting will in which lawyer is named as beneficiary
• 60 day suspension for obtaining loan from client without proper safeguards, and drafting will in which lawyer is named as beneficiary
• emphasizing the importance of documenting client transactions

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).