In re Murdaugh
| Decision Date | 08 September 2021 |
| Docket Number | Appellate Case No. 2021-000974 |
| Citation | 434 S.C. 233,863 S.E.2d 335 (Mem) |
| Parties | In the MATTER OF Richard Alexander MURDAUGH, Respondent. |
| Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
ORDER
FOR THE COURT
The Office of Disciplinary Counsel asks this Court to place Respondent on interim suspension pursuant to Rule 17(b) of the Rules for Lawyer Disciplinary Enforcement (RLDE) contained in Rule 413 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules (SCACR). Respondent consents to the issuance of an order of interim suspension in this matter.
IT IS ORDERED that Respondent's license to practice law in this state is suspended until further order of this Court.
s/ Donald W. Beatty, C.J.
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In re Murdaugh
...to the relief and on September 8, 2021, this Court issued an order suspending Respondent from the practice of law. In re Murdaugh , 434 S.C. 233, 863 S.E.2d 335 (2021). On September 16, 2021, Respondent was arrested and charged with Attempted Insurance Fraud and Filing a False Police Report......
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In re Murdaugh
...12, 2022 ORDERWe suspended Respondent Richard Alexander Murdaugh from the practice of law on September 8, 2021. In re Murdaugh , 434 S.C. 233, 863 S.E.2d 335 (2021). In the intervening months, Respondent has been indicted on more than eighty criminal charges arising from various ongoing inv......