St. Louis attorney Caryn H. Haddix, formerly Caryn H. Nadenbush, has been reinstated to practice law in Missouri following a Jan. 24 Missouri Supreme Court order after she completed her discipline, including a suspension, handed down in 2014.
In its brief, three-sentence order signed by Chief Justice Zel M. Fischer, the high court reinstated Haddix as a member in good standing of the Missouri Bar and directed her to pay costs in the matter. Haddix was admitted to Missouri bar June 28, 2005, according to her profile at the Missouri Bar's website.
Haddix, then Caryn H. Nadenbush, was suspended following a Feb. 4, 2014, Missouri Supreme Court order with no application for reinstatement to be entertained by the court for six months from the date of the order. Haddix's suspension in Missouri followed a 90-day suspension in Illinois. In that state, Haddix was found to have had email communications outside of court with a workers' compensation commission arbitrator in 2009 and 2010 about matters pending before that arbitrator, according to an amended complaint filed in November 2011 by the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.
In separate briefs file with the Missouri Supreme Court, the chief disciplinary counsel and Haddix stipulated to violations of professional conduct rules, including communicating ex parte, or outside of court, with the arbitrator about a pending case. The chief disciplinary counsel and Haddix also stipulated that Haddix made a false statement of material fact during a disciplinary investigation and that she'd mentioned inappropriate facts regarding settlement negotiations and made derogatory remarks about opposing counsel, according to the two briefs.
In her brief, Haddix told the court she self-reported her misconduct to the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission and that she did not lie about her conduct. Haddix also recommended she be admonished, rather than suspended, because at the time she filed her brief, Haddix was not practicing law, which she said made suspension unnecessary and that, should she ever resume her law practice, an admonition would remain a part of her record.