Case Name: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. John E. KOCHEL, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1987-03-23
Citations: 515 Pa. 449
Docket Number: 
Parties: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. John E. KOCHEL, Respondent.
Judges: LARSEN, J., files a dissenting opinion.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 515
Pages: 449–452

Head Matter:
529 A.2d 1075
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. John E. KOCHEL, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 23, 1987.
Samuel C. Stretton, West Chester, for respondent, John Kochel.
Alan Davis, for Office of Disciplinary Counsel.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 23rd day of March, 1987, upon consideration of the Report and Recommendation of the Disciplinary Board dated November 7,1986, and the respondent's Exceptions and Petition for Review of the said Report and Recommendation, it is hereby
ORDERED that respondent, JOHN E. KOCHEL, be and he is SUSPENDED from the Bar of the Commonwealth for a period of three months, 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. The further request for oral argument is denied.
LARSEN, J., files a dissenting opinion.