MATTER OF LEDFORD

No. 24721.

328 S.C. 280 (1997)

494 S.E.2d 118

In the Matter of M. Leonard LEDFORD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Charles Molony Condon, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., Columbia, for complainant.

Eugene C. Covington, Jr., of Covington, Patrick, Hagins & Lewis, P.A., Greenville, for respondent.


PER CURIAM

This is an attorney disciplinary matter. Respondent is charged with forging the name of another attorney and misappropriating client funds from his trust account. Respondent admits the underlying actions constituting misconduct. The Panel found respondent committed misconduct and recommended he be disbarred. We agree.

In December 1994 following the issuance of a public reprimand for misconduct, the title insurance company for which respondent had...

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