Case Name: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. William M. GROSS, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2003-12-23
Citations: 576 Pa. 225
Docket Number: No. 605 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
Parties: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. William M. GROSS, Respondent.
Judges: Before: CAPPY, CJ., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 576
Pages: 225–226

Head Matter:
839 A.2d 182
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. William M. GROSS, Respondent.
No. 605 Disciplinary Docket No. 3.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Dec. 3, 2003.
Decided Dec. 23, 2003.
Joseph J. Huss, Lemoyne, for Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Petitioner.
William M. Gross, Respondent Pro Se.
Before: CAPPY, CJ., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Upon consideration of the Report and Recommendations of the Disciplinary Board dated March 31, 2003, and following oral argument, it is hereby
ORDERED that William M. Gross be and he is disbarred from the Bar of this Commonwealth retroactive to March 14, 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.
Chief Justice CAPPY and Justices CASTILLE and NIGRO dissent and would impose a five-year suspension retroactive to March 14, 2001.