No. 20-1274
Richard G. Wern v. South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct
Response Waived
Tags: disciplinary-counsel due-process lawyer-discipline legal-ethics professional-conduct public-protection punitive sanction supreme-court unannounced-standard
Latest Conference:
2021-04-16
Question Presented (from Petition)
Did the South Carolina Supreme Court deny Petitioner Richard G. Wern of due process of law by disbarring him based on a previously unannounced standard for imposition of lawyer discipline, in issuing an opinion that was intentionally punitive in nature, and by not considering the protection of the public in reaching its decision as to sanction.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did the South Carolina Supreme Court deny Petitioner Richard G. Wern of due process of law
Docket Entries
2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-22
Waiver of right of respondent South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct to respond filed.
2021-02-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 14, 2021)
Attorneys
Richard Wern
Desa Ann Ballard — Ballard & Watson, Petitioner
South Carolina Commission on Lawyer Conduct
John Shannon Nichols — Supreme Court of South Carolina, Respondent