Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Baillie

841 A.2d 1029, 576 Pa. 693, 2003 Pa. LEXIS 2632

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: December 11, 2003
• Docket: No. 879 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
• Status: Published

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 11th day of December, 2003, an Order and Rule to Show Cause having been entered by this Court on November 18, 2003, and no response to the Rule to Show Cause having been filed, it is hereby ORDERED that:

1. The Rule is made absolute and, pursuant to Rule 208(f), Pa.R.D.E., respondent is placed on temporary suspension until further definitive action by this Court;

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

3. The President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, in accordance with Rule 217(g), Pa. R.D.E., shall take such further action and make such further orders as may appear necessary to protect the rights and interests of respondent’s clients; and

4. All financial institutions in Pennsylvania in which respondent holds fiduciary funds shall freeze such accounts pending further order of this Court.

This Order constitutes an imposition of public discipline within the meaning of Rule 402, PaR.D.E., pertaining to confidentiality.