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In the Matter of Richard W. Kelley

The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's voluntary surrender of his license to practice law related to the attorney's misconduct in five separate matters, including his mishandling of clients' funds.

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This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary discipline of Richard Wesley Kelley State Bar No. 412398. Kelley, who was admitted to the Bar in 1998, seeks to resolve five separate matters, requests an indefinite suspension, or, alternatively, surrender of his license. The petition discloses that on October 15, 2012, and June 4, 2013, Kelley was arrested on charges relating to his handling of clients’ funds and that the charges remain pending.

With respect to State Disciplinary Board “SDB” Dkt. No. 6449, Kelley admits that he began representing a couple in 2010 in a business dispute and, in August 2012, received $100,000 from one of his clients to hold in his trust account with the understanding that the funds would be used to settle the business dispute. When asked by his client to release some of the funds, Kelley failed to promptly deliver the funds, failed to promptly render a full accounting, and failed to respond to his client’s grievance.

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