Title: ODC v. James Kevin Reed (disciplinary order)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. JAMES KEVIN REED, Respondent : : : : : : : : : No. 2664 Disciplinary Docket No 3 File Nos. C3-19-361; C3-19-419; C3-19-644 Attorney Registration No. 50075 (Out of State) ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 26th day of November, 2019, upon consideration of Respondent’s answer 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 Franklin 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 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.