IN RE HAAR

No. 95-BS-140.

667 A.2d 1350 (1995)

In re Paul S. HAAR, Respondent. A Member of the Bar of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided December 7, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Clay Smith, Assistant Bar Counsel, Washington, DC, with whom Leonard H. Becker, Bar Counsel, was on the brief for petitioner.

Elizabeth J. Branda, Washington, DC, for the Board on Professional Responsibility.

Jacob Stein, Washington, DC, with whom Robert Bredhoff was on the brief, for respondent.

Before SCHWELB, KING, and REID, Associate Judges.


KING, Associate Judge:

Bar Counsel charged respondent, an attorney admitted to practice law in the District of Columbia, with improperly withdrawing funds from a client's trust account, in violation of Disciplinary Rule ("DR") 9-103(A)(2) (appropriations from trust account funds).1 The hearing committee concluded, with one member dissenting, that respondent violated DR 9-103(A)(2) when he withdrew...

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