Texas Probate Lawyer Sanctioned for Misconduct

On September 13, 2007, a Texas lawyer was sanctioned for various acts of misconduct which occurred while he represented the executor of a decedent’s estate.  See Disciplinary Actions, 70 Tex. B.J. 890, 892 (2007) which explains that this Dallas lawyer:

accepted a five-year, partially probated suspension effective Nov. 1, 2007, with the first two years actively served and the remainder probated. A panel of the District 6-A Grievance Committee found that [he] represented the independent executor of an estate. [He] failed to promptly distribute the assets of the estate to the beneficiaries. [H]e further failed to promptly pay a claim on the estate, misrepresenting to the attorney for the claimant that all assets of the estate had already been distributed to the beneficiaries.