In Re Horne

Supreme Court of South Carolina

In Re Horne

718 S.E.2d 445, 395 S.C. 390, 2011 S.C. LEXIS 384

CourtSupreme Court of South Carolina

DecidedDecember 1, 2011

DocketNot in source

StatusPublished

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In Re Horne, 718 S.E.2d 445, 395 S.C. 390, 2011 S.C. LEXIS 384 (S.C. 2011).

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Opinion

ORDER

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel has filed a Petition for Interim Suspension or Transfer to Incapacity Inactive Status pursuant to Rule 17, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR, and requests the appointment of an attorney to protect respondent’s clients’ interests under Rule 31, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR. Respon *391 dent consents to either being placed on interim suspension or being transferred to incapacity inactive status and to the appointment of an attorney to protect his clients’ interests.

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

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

This 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 Philip J. Corson, Esquire, has been duly appointed by this Court.

Finally, this Order, when served on any office of the United States Postal Service, shall serve as notice that Philip J. Corson, 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. Cor-son’s office.

This appointment shall be for a period of no longer than nine months unless request is made to this Court for an extension.

/s/Jean H. Toal, C.J.

FOR THE COURT

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ORDER

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel has filed a Petition for Interim Suspension or Transfer to Incapacity Inactive Status pursuant to Rule 17, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR, and requests the appointment of an attorney to protect respondent’s clients’ interests under Rule 31, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR. Respon *391 dent consents to either being placed on interim suspension or being transferred to incapacity inactive status and to the appointment of an attorney to protect his clients’ interests.

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

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

This 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 Philip J. Corson, Esquire, has been duly appointed by this Court.

Finally, this Order, when served on any office of the United States Postal Service, shall serve as notice that Philip J. Corson, 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. Cor-son’s office.

This appointment shall be for a period of no longer than nine months unless request is made to this Court for an extension.

/s/Jean H. Toal, C.J.

FOR THE COURT

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718 S.E.2d 445, 395 S.C. 390, 2011 S.C. LEXIS 384, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/in-re-horne-sc-2011.