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In the Matter of Neville T. Francis

The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and ordered a Review Panel reprimand for the attorney's improper use of his trust account.

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This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary discipline filed by Neville Trevor Francis State Bar 272666. Francis, who was admitted to the Bar in 1989, seeks a Review Panel reprimand for the improper use of his trust account.

Francis describes himself as a solo practitioner with a “very small, almost non-existent practice.” He admits that prior to the initiation of this matter, he did not maintain an operating account for his practice and that on July 5, 2013, he wrote a check to himself from his trust account for $1,300.00, believing that those funds were available and owed to him as fees, but the check resulted in an overdraft of $40.95. He also admits that it had been his practice to allow some of his clients to make deposits to his trust account for the fees to be earned and for fees that had already been earned and that this practice resulted in a co-mingling of personal and fiduciary funds. He admits that his conduct constitutes a violation of Rule 1.15 II of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct found in Bar Rule 4-102 d. However, he has now completed an audit of his practice with the State Bar’s Law Practice Management program and has implemented the recommendations made as a result of the audit. He asserts that his conduct was not for a selfish or dishonest motive and that he has cooperated with the State Bar during the disciplinary process.

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