In re Carmouche

Summary

The Indiana Supreme Court approved a conditional agreement disciplining an attorney who commingled client funds with personal and business funds and made unauthorized trust-account withdrawals. The Court imposed a six-month suspension, stayed subject to at least two years of probation with trust-account monitoring and other conditions.

Holdings

1. The Indiana Supreme Court approved the parties' Conditional Agreement for Discipline and imposed a six-month suspension from the practice of law, stayed subject to completion of at least two years of probation.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should approve the parties' Statement of Circumstances and Conditional Agreement for Discipline.
2. What discipline was appropriate for commingling client and attorney funds, failing to deposit advance fees and expenses into a client trust account, and making unauthorized trust-account withdrawals.

Disposition

approved