Attorney Suspended For Denying He Is A South Carolina Lawyer

The South Carolina Supreme Court has imposed a one-year suspension retroactive to a previously-imposed interim suspension on an agreed set of facts

Respondent, who was admitted to the South Carolina Bar in 2009, was appointed in 2012 to represent an applicant in a postconviction relief matter. The Attorney General’s Office mailed various pleadings and other correspondence to respondent at the address respondent provided in the Attorney Information System (AIS). None of the correspondence was returned, nor did respondent make any response. On April 14, 2014, the Attorney General’s Office notified respondent that the applicant’s case was on the roster for the upcoming term of court. Respondent informed the Attorney General’s Office that he was not admitted to the South Carolina Bar and did not practice law. New counsel was appointed for the applicant.

He had been suspended on an interim basis for his failure to respond to the bar complaint. (Mike Frisch)