Case Name: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Paul L. PATCHEL, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1995-01-23
Citations: 539 Pa. 497
Docket Number: 
Parties: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Paul L. PATCHEL, Respondent.
Judges: Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 539
Pages: 497–498

Head Matter:
653 A.2d 625
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Paul L. PATCHEL, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Oct. 19, 1994.
Decided Jan. 23, 1995.
Samuel C. Stretton, Philadelphia, for respondent.
Alan J. Davis, Philadelphia, for Office of Disc. Counsel.
Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Rule to Show Cause entered by this Court on April 12,1994, is discharged. It is ORDERED that respondent be and he is suspended from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of four years, effective as of the date hereof, 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.
PAPADAKOS and CASTILLE, JJ., dissent and would enter an order disbarring respondent.
MONTEMURO, J., is sitting by designation.