ODC v. Jason Guy Beardsley

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: October 11, 2023
• Docket: 2999 DD3
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, : No. 2999 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 : Petitioner : : No. 122 DB 2023 v. : : : Attorney Registration No. 315100 JASON GUY BEARDSLEY, : : Respondent : (Susquehanna County)

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 11th day of October, 2023, in the absence of a response to this

Court’s Rule to Show Cause why Respondent should not be placed on temporary

suspension, the Rule is made absolute. It is ordered that:

1. Respondent is placed on temporary suspension until further definitive action by

this Court, see Pa.R.D.E. 208(f)(2);

2. Respondent shall comply with the provisions of Pa.R.D.E. 217;

3. The President Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County

and the Court of Common Pleas of Wayne County shall enter such orders as

may be necessary to protect the rights of Respondent’s clients or fiduciary

entities with which Respondent is involved, see Pa.R.D.E. 217(g); and

4. All financial institutions in which Respondent holds fiduciary funds shall freeze

such accounts pending further action by a court of appropriate jurisdiction. Respondent’s rights to petition for dissolution or amendment of this order and to

request accelerated disposition of charges underlying this order pursuant to Pa.R.D.E.

208(f)(6) are specifically preserved. This Order constitutes an imposition of public

discipline. See Pa.R.D.E. 402(c)(3) (providing an exception to the confidentiality

requirement of Rule 402 when “an order of temporary suspension from the practice of law

is entered by the Court pursuant to Enforcement Rule 208(f)”).