An attorney who mismanaged client funds and failed to communicate the status of one plaintiff’s settlement should be suspended for five months, an attorney discipline panel urged.The Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission Hearing Board recommended the sanction Monday for 62-year-old David P. Cutler, an attorney since 1979 and a partner at Cutler & Hull.The board’s recommendation is less than the two- to three-year suspension the ARDC administrator requested. However, the suggested suspension …