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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowAn Indianapolis attorney has been suspended from the practice of law per a Thursday order for her noncooperation with an investigation of grievance filed against her.
Justices unanimously concurred in an order suspending Octavia Snulligan for her failure to show cause why she should not be immediately suspended from the practice of law for failure to cooperate with the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission’s investigation of a grievance.
Finding she did not respond to the court’s order to show cause or a request for ruling and to tax costs, the Supreme Court issued Snulligan’s suspension effective immediately in In the Matter of: Octavia F. Snulligan, 19S-DI-453.
Snulligan also was suspended in 2013 for at least 30 days without automatic reinstatement for violating Indiana Professional Conduct Rules 1.5(a) by collecting an unreasonable fee and 1.16(d) for failure to refund an unearned fee upon termination of representation.
At that time, Snulligan did not keep any contemporaneous records of the work she did on a criminal case in which her client later terminated her services and sought an itemization of services performed and a refund. A hearing officer had concluded in 2013 that Snulligan did little work to benefit the client and should refund the family at least $5,000.
In her current case, Snulligan has been ordered to reimburse the commission $520.70 for costs of the proceeding. The most recent complaint does not disclose the nature of her alleged misconduct.
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