ODC v. Megan Ann Kerrigan

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL : No. 2439 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 :

Petitioner : Board File No. C3-17-551 :

v. : Attorney Reg. No. 307279 :

MEGAN ANNE KERRIGAN, : (Dauphin County)

:

Respondent :

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 31st day of January, 2018, 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 provided that:

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

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

3. The President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County shall enter such orders as may be necessary to protect the rights of Respondent’s clients or fiduciary entities with which she 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.

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 pertaining to confidentiality. See Pa.R.D.E. 402.