IN RE SMITH

No. 78479.

659 N.E.2d 896 (1995)

168 Ill.2d 269

213 Ill.Dec. 550

In re Douglas Wayne SMITH, Attorney, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

November 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosalyn B. Kaplan, of Chicago, for the Administrator of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.

Douglas Wayne Smith, of Chicago, respondent pro se.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

In this attorney disciplinary case, we review findings that respondent, Douglas Wayne Smith, engaged in a pattern of neglecting client matters, failing to expedite litigation, and failing to communicate with clients who retained respondent to represent them in dissolution of marriage proceedings. It was also determined that respondent's misconduct prejudiced the administration of justice and that he failed to promptly...

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