IN RE DISCIPLINARY MATTER INVOLVING FORD

No. S-11504.

128 P.3d 178 (2006)

In the DISCIPLINARY MATTER INVOLVING William T. FORD, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Erwin, Erwin & Erwin, LLC, Anchorage, for Respondent.

Mark Woelber, Assistant Bar Counsel, Alaska Bar Association.

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


OPINION

EASTAUGH, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Although the superior court directed attorney William T. Ford to deposit a $20,000 check in Ford's client trust account, Ford mailed the uncashed check back to the out-of-state payor. Because Ford knowingly "disobey[ed] an order of a tribunal" in violation of Alaska Rule of Professional Conduct 3.4(c), the disciplinary board of the Alaska Bar Association recommended that Ford be suspended from practice...

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