OGDEN, Utah — A judge determined Monday that an Ogden attorney violated professional ethics rules by pocketing and spending a client’s lawsuit settlement and lying about it after he was caught.
At the close of a 2 ½-day bench trial in 2nd District Court, Judge Noel Hyde ruled Richard H. Reeve was guilty of dishonesty, failing to safeguard the funds of three clients and improperly giving a paralegal a cut of a settlement.