MATTER OF BARNES


50 A.D.3d 1308 (2008)

854 N.Y.S.2d 684

In the Matter of JAMES C. BARNES, an Attorney, Respondent. COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, Petitioner.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

Decided April 11, 2008.


Per Curiam.

By order dated July 25, 2007, the Attorney Discipline Board of Michigan suspended respondent from practice for a period of 90 days effective June 28, 2007. The Board also required respondent to pay costs of $4,855.22. The Board found that respondent was guilty of the following professional misconduct: he accepted a settlement contrary to his client's direction, failed to keep his client reasonably informed about the status of the

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