Case Name: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Joseph Edward HUDAK, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2005-03-01
Citations: 582 Pa. 89
Docket Number: No. 852 Disciplinary Docket No. 3
Parties: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Joseph Edward HUDAK, Respondent.
Judges: Mr. Justice EAKIN dissents and would suspend respondent for a period of two years with credit for time served.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 582
Pages: 89–89

Head Matter:
868 A.2d 1195
OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Joseph Edward HUDAK, Respondent.
No. 852 Disciplinary Docket No. 3.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
March 1, 2005.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 1st day of March, 2005, upon consideration of the Report and Recommendations of the Disciplinary Board dated October 25, 2004, the Petition for Review with Request for Oral Argument and responses thereto, the Petition for Review and Request for Oral Argument are denied and it is hereby
ORDERED that JOSEPH EDWARD HUDAK be and he is SUSPENDED from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of one year-and one day, with credit for four and one-half months served, 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.
Mr. Justice EAKIN dissents and would suspend respondent for a period of two years with credit for time served.