Ethics

Opinion here.  Key passage:

The Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel (OCDC) seeks to discipline the law license of Renae Lynn Ehler for multiple violations of the rules of professional conduct in her representation of a client in a dissolution proceeding and another client in an unrelated civil case. The preponderance of the evidence proves Ms. Ehler violated Rule 4-1.1, Competence, by failing to correctly calculate and deliver the amount of money owed to a client and an opposing party and by failing to provide opposing counsel with requested discovery information to avoid a default judgment against her client; Rule 4-1.3, Diligence, by failing to pay money owed to a client and an opposing party in a timely fashion and by failing to provide opposing counsel with discovery information to avoid a default judgment against her client; Rule 4-1.4, Communication, by failing to communicate with clients and opposing counsel; Rule 4-1.15, Safekeeping Property, by misappropriating and mishandling client funds and by failing to properly maintain a client trust account; and Rule 4-8.4, Misconduct, by violating other rules of professional conduct and by engaging in conduct involving deceit and misrepresentation.

The Court previously suspended Ms. Ehler's license for six months for prior violations of the rules of professional conduct that were of the same nature as her current violations. It stayed her suspension and imposed a two-year term of probation. She committed some of the current acts of professional misconduct while she was on probation. The effort to educate Ms. Ehler and assist her in modifying her professional behavior to comply with the rules of professional conduct has failed. In light of the severity of her acts of misconduct and this Court's progressive application of discipline, disbarment is appropriate. Therefore, Ms. Ehler is disbarred.