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Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Ind. Courts - Supreme Court issues disciplinary decision
The Indiana Supreme Court, in a per curium opinion In the Matter of Danny Ray Hill, concluded:
Unfortunately, we are seeing a limited number of lawyers who do not timely respond to [the Supreme Court Disciplinary] Commission requests for information. The Commission’s requests for information cannot be ignored and to do so is an independent violation of Ind. Professional Conduct Rule 8.1(b). As with the respondent in this case, lawyers who choose to disregard Commission requests will do so at their peril. In the future, we will have far less tolerance for lawyers who fail to cooperate timely with the Commission and, as here, will not hesitate to take significant action.Based upon the information before us, we find that the respondent is in contempt of this Court. We therefore order that the respondent, Danny Ray Hill, is suspended indefinitely. In or-der to be reinstated, the respondent must file a petition pursuant to Admis.Disc.R. 23 § 18 and satisfy the requirements of Admis.Disc.R. 23 § 4. The Clerk of this Court is directed to forward notice of this order to the respondent by certified mail, return receipt requested, at his address as reflected in the Roll of Attorneys, to the Disciplinary Commission, and to all other entities pursuant to Admis.Disc.R. 23, Section 3(d), governing suspension.
Costs of these proceedings are assessed against the respondent.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on January 10, 2006 11:09 AM
Posted to Ind. Sup.Ct. Decisions