This disciplinary matter is before the Court pursuant to the Report of the Review Panel of the State Disciplinary Board alleging Respondent John Thomas Woodall violated Standards 4 a lawyer shall not engage in professional conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or wilful misrepresentation; 30 except with the written consent or written notice to his client after full disclosure a lawyer shall not accept or continue employment if the exercise of his professional judgment on behalf of his client will be or reasonably may be affected by his own financial, business, property or personal interests; 31 a a lawyer shall not enter into an agreement for, charge, or collect an illegal or clearly excessive fee; 31 d 2 upon conclusion of a contingent fee matter, the lawyer shall provide the client with a written statement stating the following: i the outcome of the matter; and, ii if there is a recovery: aa the remittance to the client; bb the method of its determination; cc the amount of the attorney fee; and dd if the attorney’s fee is divided with another lawyer who is not a partner in or an associate of the lawyer’s firm or law office, the amount of fee received by each and the manner in which the division is determined; 36 a lawyer shall not continue multiple employment if the exercise of his independent professional judgment on behalf of a client will be or is likely to be adversely affected by his representation of another client, except to the extent permitted under Standard 37; 44 a lawyer shall not without just cause to the detriment of his client in effect wilfully abandon or wilfully disregard a legal matter entrusted to him; 61 a lawyer shall promptly notify a client of the receipt of his funds, securities or other properties and shall promptly deliver such funds, securities or other properties to the client; and 63 a lawyer shall maintain complete records of all funds, securities, and other properties of a client coming into the possession of the lawyer and promptly render appropriate accounts to his client regarding them of Bar Rule 4-102 d. Pursuant to Bar Rule 4-219 a, Woodall timely filed exceptions to the Review Panel’s report. The Review Panel recommends that for his violations of Standards 4, 30, 31 a, 31 d 2, 36, 44, 61, and 63, Woodall be disbarred with a special condition that prior to submitting any application for reinstatement to the Bar, Woodall shall make full restitution to the estate involved of all moneys he received in regard to his representation of the estate. We agree.
The State Bar brought a Formal Complaint against Woodall in December 1997 alleging violations of Standards 4, 30, 31 a, 31 d 2, 36, 44, 61, 63, and 65 A a lawyer shall not fail to account for trust property, including money and interest paid on the client’s money, if any, held in any fiduciary capacity and asserting that Woodall should disgorge any fees collected to the estate as Woodall had lost the right to collect any fees due to his unprofessional conduct. Subsequent to an evidentiary hearing, the special master filed a report on March 29, 2000 pursuant to Bar Rule 4-217 finding that Woodall violated Standards 4, 30, 31 a, 31 d 2, 36, and 44 of Bar Rule 4-102 d and basing his conclusion on the following findings of fact:
