A Houston appeals court reversed a trial court’s sanction disbarring Robert S. Bennett of Houston and remanded it for reconsideration of the “appropriate sanction” after finding evidence is insufficient to support the trial court’s conclusion that Bennett violated two disciplinary rules.

A panel of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals found legally and factually sufficient evidence to support the trial court’s conclusion that Bennett violated Rules 3.02 of the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, but found insufficient evidence he violated Rule 1.15(d).

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