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		2014-09-23-02 
	

The Supreme Court of South Carolina




In the  Matter of William Isaac Diggs, Respondent
Appellate Case No. 2014-002015
           Appellate Case No. 2014-002016
        





ORDER

The Office of Disciplinary Counsel petitions this Court to place  respondent on interim suspension pursuant to Rule 17 of the Rules for Lawyer  Disciplinary Enforcement (RLDE) contained in Rule 413 of the South Carolina  Appellate Court Rules (SCACR).  The  petition also seeks appointment of the Receiver, Peyre T. Lumpkin, pursuant to  Rule 31, RLDE.  Respondent consents to  the issuance of an order of interim suspension and to the appointment of the  Receiver.
IT IS ORDERED that respondent's license to practice  law in this state is suspended until further order of this Court.
Respondent is hereby enjoined from taking any action  regarding any trust, escrow, operating, and any other law office account(s)  respondent may maintain at any bank or other financial institution, including,  but not limited to, making any withdrawal or transfer, or writing any check or  other instrument on the account(s).  
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Lumpkin is hereby  appointed to assume responsibility for respondent's client files, trust  account(s), escrow account(s), operating account(s), and any other law office  account(s) respondent may maintain.  Mr.  Lumpkin shall take action as required by Rule 31, RLDE, Rule 413, SCACR, to  protect the interests of respondent's clients.   Mr. Lumpkin may make disbursements from respondent's trust account(s),  escrow account(s), operating account(s), and any other law office account(s)  respondent may maintain that are necessary to effectuate this appointment.  Respondent shall promptly respond to Mr.  Lumpkin's requests for information and/or documentation and shall fully  cooperate with Mr. Lumpkin in all other respects.    
Further, this Order, when served on any bank or other  financial institution maintaining trust, escrow, operating, and/or any other  law account(s) of respondent, shall serve as notice to the bank or other  financial institution that Peyre T. Lumpkin has been duly appointed by this  Court and that respondent is enjoined from making withdrawals or transfers from  or writing any check or other instrument on any of the account(s).
Finally, this Order, when served on any office of the  United States Postal Service, shall serve as notice that the Receiver, Peyre T.  Lumpkin, Esquire, has been duly appointed by this Court and has the authority  to receive respondent's mail and the authority to direct that respondent's mail  be delivered to Mr. Lumpkin's office.
Mr.  Lumpkin's appointment shall be for a period of no longer than nine months  unless an extension of the period of appointment is requested.
 


 
s/Jean H. Toal                C.J.


Columbia, South Carolina
September 23,  2014

