In re Leon

Summary

The court found that David Phillip Leon committed multiple violations involving incompetent and dilatory representation, unreasonable fee agreements, mishandling and commingling client funds, failure to cooperate with disciplinary investigations, and failure to answer the complaints. Because Leon filed exceptions to the hearing panel's report but no required brief, the panel's factual findings and legal conclusions were deemed admitted, and the court independently determined that the misconduct warranted discipline. The court imposed an indefinite suspension rather than disbarment or probation because the aggravating circumstances and seriousness of the misconduct outweighed mitigation and made probation inappropriate.