The Indiana Supreme Court has disbarred an attorney

Respondent failed to maintain appropriate records for two trust accounts and made several unauthorized withdrawals of client funds, converting those funds for his personal use. Respondent also made several unauthorized withdrawals and converted client funds from a third trust account. In April 2019, Respondent was charged with several felonies as a result of his misuse of client funds.

Respondent also wholly neglected three client matters, failed to adequately communicate with those clients, and converted funds belonging to those clients.

Finally, Respondent failed to cooperate with the Commission’s investigations into his client neglect and financial mismanagement.

The court noted

Odyssey case records reflect that subsequent to issuance of the hearing officer’s report, Respondent pled guilty to six counts of theft, level 6 felonies, and two counts of fraud on a financial institution, level 5 felonies. 

ABC News 57 described his arrest

The attorney who was wanted on warrants for fraud and theft has been taken into custody, according to the Kosciusko County Sheriff’s Office.

Scott Lennox, 50, was arrested at a motel in West Lansing, Michigan.

Kosciusko County officials will extradite Lennox to Indiana to face two counts of fraud on a financial institution and six counts of theft.

Sheriff Dukes thanked the community for providing the tips crucial to his arrest.

inkFreeNews had details on the charges. 

Here the core offense

“Misappropriation of client funds is a grave transgression. It demonstrates a conscious desire to accomplish an unlawful act, denotes a lack of virtually all personal characteristics we deem important to law practice, threatens to bring significant misfortune on the unsuspecting client and severely impugns the integrity of the profession.” Matter of Hill, 655 N.E.2d 343, 345 (Ind. 1995). We have disbarred attorneys who have committed similar misconduct.

(Mike Frisch)