In Re: David Gardner Deblieux

Summary

The court held that respondent violated the Rules of Professional Conduct by committing conduct satisfying the elements of one felony and three misdemeanors during a violent domestic incident. Although the misconduct warranted suspension and included significant aggravating factors, the court concluded that the absence of additional attorney misconduct and the mitigating circumstances made a one-year suspension appropriate rather than the two-year sanction recommended below. The court also rejected mental disability as a mitigating factor because the record did not establish clear and convincing causation.