ODC v. Timothy Nicholas Tomasic

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: March 17, 2023
• Docket: 2962 DD3
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, : No. 2962 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 : Petitioner : : No. 134 DB 2021 v. : : : Attorney Registration No. 205126 TIMOTHY NICHOLAS TOMASIC : : Respondent : (Allegheny County)

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 17th day of March, 2023, upon consideration of Respondent’s

response to this Court’s Rule to Show Cause, 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 Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County shall

enter such orders as may be necessary to protect the rights of Respondent’s

clients or fiduciary entities with which he 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)”).