Case Name: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Ernest D. PREATE, Jr., Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-06-23
Citations: 557 Pa. 4
Docket Number: No. 136 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
Parties: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Ernest D. PREATE, Jr., Respondent.
Judges: Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 557
Pages: 4–10

Head Matter:
731 A.2d 129
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Ernest D. PREATE, Jr., Respondent.
No. 136 Disciplinary Docket No. 3.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Feb. 1, 1999.
Decided June 23, 1999.
Edwin W. Frese, Jr., Lemoyne, for Disciplinary Bd.
J. Shane Creamer, Chestnut Hill, John G. McCormick, James C. Schwartzman, Philadelphia, for Ernest D. Preate, Jr.
Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Upon consideration of the Report and Recommendations of the Disciplinary Board dated July 14, 1998, and following oral argument, it is hereby
ORDERED that Ernest D. Preate, Jr., be and he is suspended from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of five years retroactive to August 16, 1995, 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 NIGRO files a dissenting statement in which Justice ZAPPALA joins.