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DISCIPLINARY MATTER OF FRIEDMAN

No. S-8542.

23 P.3d 620 (2001)

In the DISCIPLINARY MATTER OF Elliott FRIEDMAN, Attorney, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

As Corrected on Denial of Rehearing June 7, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Gilmore, Gilmore & Doherty, Anchorage, for Elliott Friedman.

Mark Woelber, Assistant Bar Counsel, Alaska Bar Association, Anchorage.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Attorney Elliott Friedman, acting for all plaintiffs in a complex tort suit, deposited an $81,000 settlement contribution in his client trust account. Without permission from the other plaintiffs' attorneys, he drew on the trust account to advance funds to his client and to pay himself attorney's fees not yet due him. He also drew on the trust account to pay himself fees in the matters of...

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