Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2019-001480
11-25-2020
In the MATTER OF Harry Clayton DEPEW, Petitioner
ORDER
By opinion dated February 25, 2008, this Court suspended Petitioner from the practice of law in South Carolina for a period of nine months. In re DePew , 376 S.C. 543, 658 S.E.2d 79 (2008). Petitioner filed a petition for reinstatement pursuant to Rule 33, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR. Following a hearing, the Committee on Character and Fitness recommended the Court reinstate Petitioner to the practice of law.
We find Petitioner has met the requirements of Rule 33(f), RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR. Accordingly, we grant Petitioner's petition and reinstate him to the practice of law in this state. We further grant Petitioner's request for surplus operating funds to be returned to him, and we hereby direct the Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection to issue a check to Petitioner in the amount of $1,066.14.
s/Donald W. Beatty, C.J.
s/John W. Kittredge, J.
s/Kaye G. Hearn, J.
s/John Cannon Few, J.
s/George C. James, Jr., J.