In re Hall
In re Hall
Opinion of the Court
In this attorney grievance matter, respondent admits the allegations against him and consents to disbarment. We accept the admission and disbar respondent from the practice of law.
Respondent admits that he failed to timely satisfy outstanding mortgages as required in five real estate closings and misappropriated the funds which should have been used to satisfy the mortgages. Three of the mortgages were ultimately paid off by respondent. However, two mortgages were satisfied by Lawyer Title Insurance Company. Further, in an apparent attempt to prevent discovery of his misappropriation, respondent fraudulently signed clients’ names as payors on, money orders which were submitted as payments on the outstanding mortgages.
During this period of time, respondent failed to maintain the integrity of his law firm’s trust account; commingled client
Disbarred.
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- In the Matter of Thomas M. HALL
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