Carlton H. Campbell

Findings — machine-extracted (anthropic-batch:claude-opus-4-8); verify against the decision

Attorney Carlton Campbell was retained by the late Frederick Edwards (before his 1976 death) to complete a land sale and splinter the title, and later entrusted by the widow to obtain probate of the Will. Over approximately 25 years he failed to complete the matters, failed to provide any information to the complainant and other beneficiaries despite numerous visits, and did not account for purchase money received. He did not attend the hearing. The Committee found a breach of Canon IV(r) and suspended him for 6 months, with delivery-up and investigation orders, plus costs of $70,000 total.

Duties found breached:

• Good faith and courtesy to colleagues

Aggravating factors:

• Approximately 25 years of delay since the death of Frederick Edwards
• Failure to attend the hearing despite adjournment
• Failure to account for part of the purchase money received

⚠ figures not found verbatim in the source were dropped: ["unverified_costs_amount=70000"]