Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Fritz

704 A.2d 631

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: January 9, 1998
• Docket: No. 360 Disciplinary Dkt. No. 3
• Status: Published

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 9th day of January, 1998, an order and rule to show cause having been entered by this Court on December 16,1997, and upon consideration of the responses filed, it is hereby ordered that:

1. The Rule is made absolute and, pursuant to Rule 208(f), Pa.R.D.E., respondent, James Joseph Fritz, 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 Lancaster County, in accordance with Rule 217(g), Pa. R.D.E., shall take such further action and make such further orders as may be necessary to protect fully the rights and interests of respondent’s clients; and

4. All financial institutions in which respondent holds accounts shall freeze such accounts pending further Order of this Court.

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