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PATTERSON v. IDAHO STATE BAR

No. 20772.

881 P.2d 1284 (1994)

126 Idaho 266

In the Matter of the Client Security Fund Claim of Suzanne and Stephen Patterson Regarding the Conduct of Attorney Howard Matthews. Suzanne PATTERSON and Stephen Patterson, Claimants-Petitioners, v. IDAHO STATE BAR, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho, Boise, May 1994 Term.

June 15, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Suzanne and Stephen Patterson, Foxburg, PA, petitioners, representing themselves.

Michael J. Oths, Idaho State Bar Counsel, Boise, for respondent.

JOHNSON, Justice.

This case concerns a claim by clients of an Idaho lawyer against the client security fund (the fund) operated by the Idaho State Bar (ISB). We agree with the conclusion of ISB's board of commissioners (the board) that the clients' loss was a result of the lawyer's negligence, not his dishonesty.

I.

THE BACKGROUND AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS.

In 1988, Suzanne and Stephen Patterson (the Pattersons) moved from Arizona to Idaho...

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