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8 Nov 2018, 4:26 am
A justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ordered a suspension of an attorney for misconduct in three matters. [read post]
26 Mar 2016, 7:25 am
A justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has concluded that the Board of Bar Overseers struck an appropriate balance of competing factors and imposed an 18-month suspension for an attorney's mishandling of his trust account and two instances of... [read post]
9 Mar 2018, 4:36 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court denied reinstatement to a petitioner admitted in 1981 and disbarred in 2001. [read post]
12 Nov 2017, 7:21 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court imposed a six-month suspension for misconduct in two matters. [read post]
9 Apr 2018, 7:42 am
A justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ordered a five-month suspension of an attorney for a false statement in his bar application. [read post]
9 May 2022, 5:51 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court dealt with the "at issue" waiver of attorney-client privilege in addressing a host of related issues This case comes to us after a judgment entered dismissing the plaintiffs' claims, with prejudice, as a sanction for... [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 8:32 am
A disbarment from the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is summarized on the web page of the Board of Bar Overseers The conduct to which the respondent pleaded guilty included the following. [read post]
10 Sep 2010, 8:55 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has suspended an attorney for a year and a day for allowing his non-lawyer assistant (hereinafter Porter) to practice law. [read post]
15 Sep 2014, 12:50 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the grant of summary judgment to the defendants in a legal malpractice claim. [read post]
26 Mar 2014, 8:02 am
A recent decision of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court: This case presents an issue of first impression: whether an association that has provided support for litigation, without being a named party in that litigation, has engaged in protected petitioning activities... [read post]
26 Dec 2010, 9:02 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has accepted the consent to disbarment of a former state Senator who had pleaded guilty to eight counts of attempted extortion. [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 1:27 pm
A justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court reduced the sanction proposed by the Board of Bar Overseers from two years to a six-month suspension in a matter involving allegations of overbilling and dishonesty In 2011, the respondent joined Saul... [read post]
20 May 2020, 8:23 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the dismissal of a defrauded law firm's action against the bank that had wire transferred funds on a counterfeit instrument The plaintiff, Sarrouf Law LLP (Sarrouf), was the victim of a fraud perpetrated by... [read post]
13 Jul 2016, 7:32 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has held that a difficult client (to put it mildly) did not by his behavior forfeit his right to counsel in a probation revocation proceeding. [read post]
28 Sep 2020, 8:22 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court imposed a year and a day suspension for conduct described in a summary on the Board of Bar Overseers web page Between October of 2017 and February of 2019, the respondent, who was admitted to... [read post]
18 Jan 2017, 8:48 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected both prosecution and defense positions in the ongoing fallout from a dishonest chemist We once again confront the tragic legacy of the misconduct of Annie Dookhan when she was employed as a chemist at... [read post]
7 Mar 2018, 2:40 pm
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court imposed a six-month suspension for misconduct summarized on the web page of the Board of Bar Overseers as reciprocal discipline for sanctions imposed in New York In 2009, the respondent had commenced the process of... [read post]
16 Mar 2024, 7:38 am
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has accepted the consent disbarment of an attorney convicted in Rhode Island of a number of offenses The respondent was sentenced to five years’ probation and ordered to pay fines and comply with other conditions.... [read post]
14 May 2024, 7:51 am
A justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has disbarred an attorney for conversion of funds of his incarcerated brother The respondent, Laurence Potter Morin, was charged by the Office of Bar Counsel (bar counsel) with, inter alia, intentionally converting... [read post]
24 Aug 2011, 4:52 pm
A justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ordered the temporary suspension of a former Speaker of the state House of Representatives. [read post]
