Attorney Suspended, but Mental Impairments Mitigate Against Harsher Sanctions for 53 Ethics Violations

“We recognize how respondent’s mental impairment affected his client representation, and we afford it due mitigating weight,” Justice Elizabeth D. Walker wrote on behalf of the court. “We also commend his actions to address it, and we acknowledge his continued efforts toward mental health recovery. But his impairment does not insulate him from meaningful sanctions.”