A D.C. lawyer has had his license suspended after he admitted to misappropriating money from one of his clients and missing crucial court deadlines in another client’s case.

The D.C. Court of Appeals ordered Ronnie Thaxton’s license to practice law suspended for six months and put him on probation for another three years because he bungled two different cases. According to court papers, Thaxton admitted to legal ethics investigators that he withdrew $5,000 in fees from an escrow account that was supposed to be kept for his client, Terri Roberts