Opinion
No. 2019-B-01412
11-12-2019
IN RE: QUIANA MARIE HUNT
ATTORNEY DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING
Crichton, J., dissents and assigns reasons.
I would impose a period of actual suspension in this case. In my view, it is significant that the Disciplinary Board found that respondent specifically failed to cooperate with the disciplinary proceedings in this matter. Further, respondent repeatedly invokes the conduct of an "independent contractor" as an excuse for her actions, but this should not insulate her from professional responsibility as she seems to suggest it should. Finally, though respondent does not appear to have caused actual harm to her clients, I agree with the Disciplinary Board that she caused harm to the attorney disciplinary system through her deliberate recalcitrant attitude towards these proceedings. For these reasons, I dissent from the fully deferred suspension and would require respondent to serve a period of actual suspension in this case.