Case Name: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Steven John BERNOSKY, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1999-02-26
Citations: 555 Pa. 423
Docket Number: No. 498 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
Parties: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Steven John BERNOSKY, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 555
Pages: 423–424

Head Matter:
724 A.2d 929
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Steven John BERNOSKY, Respondent.
No. 498 Disciplinary Docket No. 3.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Feb. 26, 1999.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 26th day of February, 1999, an Order and Rule to Show Cause having been entered by this Court on February 5, 1999, and no response having been filed, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. The Rule is made absolute and respondent is placed on temporary suspension until further definitive action by this Court;
2. Respondent shall comply with the provisions of Rule 217, Pa.R.D.E.;
3. The President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, in accordance with Rule 217(g), Pa.R.D.E., shall take such further action and make such further orders as may be necessary to fully protect the rights and interests of respondent's clients; and
4. All financial institutions in which respondent holds fiduciary funds shall freeze such accounts pending further order of court.
This Order constitutes an imposition of public discipline within the meaning of Rule 402, Pa.R.D.E., pertaining to confidentiality.