Attorney Resigns for Bad Behavior as Agent

On January 15, 2008, the Supreme Court of Texas accepted the resignation of a Texas lawyer in lieu of discipline.

Here is a description of the attorney’s evil conduct as described in Disciplinary Actions, 71 Tex. B.J. 226, at 228 (2008):

[A]cting under a power of attorney from the complainant, [attorney] withdrew funds from the complainant’s financial accounts for [his] personal use and obtained credit cards in the complainant’s name that [he] used for his own personal use, without the complainant’s knowledge or approval. After receiving a notice of revocation of the power of attorney, [he] continued to withdraw funds from the accounts and continued to use the credit cards. [He] committed the criminal offenses of theft and misapplication of fiduciary property.