MATTER OF WERN

Opinion No. 27998.

431 S.C. 643 (2020)

849 S.E.2d 898

In the MATTER OF Richard G. WERN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed October 7, 2020.

Rehearing Denied November 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Nichols , Disciplinary Counsel, and Julie Kay Martino , Assistant Disciplinary Counsel, both of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Desa Ballard , of Ballard & Watson, of West Columbia, for Respondent.


In this attorney discipline matter, Respondent Richard G. Wern admitted misconduct in failing to perform monthly reconciliations of his trust account, failing to keep adequate records, disbursing before deposit on 735 client ledgers, failing to adequately supervise his non-lawyer staff, comingling funds, and running trust-account...

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