Opinion ID: 2335436
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Heading: The Facts Presented at the Sanctions Hearing

Text: At the sanctions hearing, counsel for the ODC, Patricia Bartley-Schwartz, Esq., and Kingsley were the sole participants. The ODC relied upon the following exhibits which were admitted into evidence without objection by Kingsley: ODC 1  Receiver's First Report (January 5, 2007) to Court of Chancery in In the Matter of Estep, C.A. No. 2535-N; ODC 2  Deposition of Leonard Kingsley (February 21, 2007) in In the Matter of Estep, C.A. No. 2535-N; ODC 3  Partial Transcript of Hearing Before the Board on the Unauthorized of William Welsh) (Testimony of Leonard Kingsley, Esquire); ODC 4  Delaware Supreme Court decision in In the Matter of Estep, No. 647 (August 15, 2007) ( en banc ) ( per curiam ); ODC 5  Correspondence from Ralph V. Estep to the Justice of the Peace (May 8, 2007) and Justice of the Peace Order in Durnan Estep (May 15, 2007); ODC 6  Philadelphia Estate Planning Council Membership Directory for Leonard Kingsley, Esquire; and ODC 7  Admitted Facts and Admissions of Conduct Constituting the Unauthorized Practice of Law (June 6, 2006) submitted to the Board on the Unauthorized Practice of Law in In the Matter of Estep, UPL Board File 05-1. Respondent submitted no exhibits, apart from the material in his Motion to Clarify. The Board's factual findings are based on the above exhibits, the Petition as deemed admitted, those portions of the Motion to Clarify the Board found relevant to the sanctions hearing, and the testimony at the sanctions hearing.