In re Harrison

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court accepted an attorney's Agreement for Discipline by Consent and suspended him from practicing law for thirty days. The misconduct involved inadequate communication, failure to provide candid advice, misrepresentations about the status of a case, failure to reduce a contingent fee agreement to writing, and allowing the statute of limitations to expire.

Holdings

1. The court accepted the Agreement for Discipline by Consent and imposed the agreed-upon thirty-day suspension from the practice of law.
2. Respondent's conduct violated Rules 1.3, 1.4, 1.5(c), 1.16(d), 2.1, 3.2, and 8.4(a) of the South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should accept the respondent's Agreement for Discipline by Consent.
2. Whether the admitted conduct violated the cited Rules of Professional Conduct and warranted a thirty-day suspension.

Disposition

other