A bankruptcy attorney whose distress over the death of his 4-year-old son caused him to neglect his clients’ cases has been suspended for a year and a day by the state Supreme Court.

On April 30, the high court adopted the report and recommendation of its disciplinary board to suspend Delaware County lawyer David M. Siegel. According to the board’s report, Siegel had accepted payment for several bankruptcy cases, performed no work on them and failed to refund his clients’ money.

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