Case Name: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Nicholas PANARELLA, Jr., Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2004-05-11
Citations: 849 A.2d 1131
Docket Number: No. 677 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
Parties: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Nicholas PANARELLA, Jr., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 849
Pages: 1131–1132

Head Matter:
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Nicholas PANARELLA, Jr., Respondent.
No. 677 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
May 11, 2004.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 11th day of May, 2004, upon consideration of the Report and Recommendations of the Disciplinary Board dated February 4, 2004, it is hereby
ORDERED that NICHOLAS PANAR-ELLA JR., be and he is SUSPENDED from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of four years, retroactive to July 10,2001, 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.
Justice NEWMAN and Justice BAER dissent and would impose a five-year suspension retroactive to July 10, 2001.