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341 S.C. 405

In re Morris

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided July 3, 2000

Supreme Court of South Carolina · decided 2000-07-03

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently February 2001

2 state decisions

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Decided 2000-07-03

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¶1ORDER

¶2The Office of the Disciplinary Counsel petitions this Court for an order transferring respondent to incapacity inactive status pursuant to Rule 17(b), Rule 413, Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement.

¶3IT IS ORDERED that respondent is transferred to incapacity inactive status until further order of this Court.

¶4IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that John Robert Devlin, Jr., Esquire, is hereby appointed to assume responsibility for respondent’s client files, trust account(s), escrow account(s), operating aecount(s), and any other law office accounts respondent may maintain. Mr. Devlin shall take action as required by Rule 31, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR, to protect the interests of respondent’s clients. Mr. Devlin may make disbursements from respondent’s trust account(s), escrow account(s), operating account(s), and any other law office accounts respondent may maintain that are necessary to effectuate this appointment.

¶5This Order, when served on any bank or other financial institution maintaining trust, escrow and/or operating accounts of respondent, shall serve as an injunction to prevent respondent from making withdrawals from the account(s) and shall further serve as notice to the bank or other financial institution that John Robert Devlin, Jr., Esquire, has been duly appointed by this Court.

¶6Finally, this Order, when served on any office of the United States Postal Service, shall serve as notice that John Robert Devlin, Jr., Esquire, has been duly appointed by this Court and has the authority to receive respondent’s mail and the authority to direct that respondent’s mail be delivered to Mr. Devlin’s office.

¶7*406/s/ Jean H. Toal, C.J.

¶8FOR THE COURT

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