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IN RE HESSLER

No. 87-1233.

549 A.2d 700 (1988)

In re Stephen O. HESSLER, Respondent, A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 27, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia Maher, with whom John M. Bray, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for respondent Hessler.

Samuel McClendon, Asst. Bar Counsel, with whom Thomas E. Flynn, Bar Counsel, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for Office of Bar Counsel.

Joan Goldfrank, Washington, D.C., for Bd. on Professional Responsibility.

Before NEWMAN, BELSON and STEADMAN, Associate Judges.

STEADMAN, Associate Judge:

One of the most basic rules of fiduciary conduct is that the fiduciary must not commingle his own property with that held by him belonging to another. In particular, fiduciary funds must be kept separate and deposited in a special account. This concept, as applied to lawyers, is embodied in our Disciplinary Rule 9-103(A), which states, in pertinent part, that "[a]ll funds of clients paid to a lawyer or law firm other than advances for costs...

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