IN RE MARTIN

No. 11-BG-775.

67 A.3d 1032 (2013)

In re Kenneth A. MARTIN, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals (Bar Registration No. 420600).

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 28, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel Schumack , Fairfax, with whom Pamela J. Bethel , Washington, was on the brief, for respondent.

Julia L. Porter , Senior Assistant Bar Counsel, with whom Wallace E. Shipp, Jr. , Bar Counsel, and Judith Hetherton , Senior Assistant Bar Counsel, were on the brief, for the Office of Bar Counsel.

Before FISHER and BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judges, and KING, Senior Judge.


KING, Senior Judge:

Bar Counsel charged respondent Kenneth A. Martin with violating Rule of Professional Conduct 1.5(a) by charging his client an unreasonable fee, Rules 1.15(a) and (c) for comingling funds after the client disputed the fee, Rule 1.16(d) by failing to promptly return client funds after the Attorney-Client Arbitration Board ("ACAB") awarded the client the unreasonable portion of the fee, Rule 8.4(c) by falsely testifying that he received advice from...

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