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In the Matter of David G. Carter

The Supreme Court accepted an attorney's petition for voluntary discipline and imposed a Review Panel reprimand when the attorney failed to properly supervise an independent contractor in his solo practice.

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This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary discipline filed by David Guy Carter State Bar No. 141355, in which he seeks a Review Panel reprimand for his violation of Rule 7.3 d.

In his petition Carter, who was admitted to the Bar in 2004, states that he opened a solo practice in 2010 after working at two mid-size firms. He admits that he failed to properly supervise an independent contractor who improperly sought to solicit a client. The grievance, filed by a woman who had been in an automobile accident, alleged that shortly after the accident, she received a phone call soliciting legal representation. Her lawyer had his paralegal pose as the woman and meet with the person who had called to solicit the representation. That person introduced herself as Carter’s employee and presented paperwork for the woman to retain Carter. Carter states that upon investigating the grievance, he learned that the person making the solicitation had assisted him on an independent contractor basis with filling out paperwork for clients who contacted Carter or were referred to him. He states that he had no personal knowledge of the contractor’s contact with the woman, he had not asked the contractor to find new clients, and he terminated the contractor’s services before receiving the grievance. Nevertheless, he admits that he is responsible for the solicitation by an intermediary in his office and thus violated Rule 7.3 d.

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