Title: Office of Disciplinary Counsel pet. v. Ernest D. Preate, Jr. (Per Curiam Order)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

[J-4 of 1999] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY : No. 136 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 COUNSEL, : Petitioner : : : Disciplinary Board No. 114 DB 95 v. : : ERNEST D. PREATE, JR., : Attorney Registration No. 08433 Respondent : (Lackawanna County) : : Argued: February 1, 1999 O R D E R PER CURIAM: DECIDED: June 23, 1999 Upon consideration of the Report and Recommendations of the Disciplinary Board dated July 14, 1998, and following oral argument, it is hereby ORDERED that Ernest D. Preate, Jr., be and he is suspended from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of five years retroactive to August 16, 1995, and he shall comply with all the provisions of Rule 217, Pa.R.D.E. It is further ORDERED that respondent shall pay costs to the Disciplinary board pursuant to Rule 208(g), Pa.R.D.E. Mr. Justice Nigro files a dissenting statement in which Mr. Justice Zappala joins.