MATTER OF CUPPLES

No. 79063.

952 S.W.2d 226 (1997)

In the Matter of Gary M. CUPPLES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

August 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Howe, Chief Disciplinary Counsel, Sam Phillips, Staff Counsel, Jefferson City, for informant.

Gary M. Cupples, Kansas City, for respondent.


ORIGINAL DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING

PRICE, Judge.

This is an original disciplinary proceeding instituted by the Bar Committee for the 16th Judicial Circuit. Gary M. Cupples was charged by the Chief Disciplinary Counsel with two counts of violating Rule 4-8.4(c). We find that Cupples engaged in misconduct by secreting client litigation files from his partners in preparation to withdraw from the law firm and by removing client litigation files from the...

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