Court Opinion

ID: 9782730
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-30 19:08:30.419651+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:35:08.849056
License: Public Domain

SHEPARD, Chief Justice,
concurring.
Respondent’s offenses include two actions, lying to a client about having filed an appeal she did not file and fabricating a false document in response to the Disciplinary Commission, that ordinarily warrant an even stronger sanction than the one entered today. Particularly in light of Respondent’s record of previous discipline, (including a ninety-day suspension in 2003 for acts that included dishonesty), the one-year suspension without automatic reinstatement ordered in Matter of Barratt would be warranted. I have voted for a lesser penalty largely out of respect for the recommendation of hearing officer Judge William E. Davis and in reliance on Respondent’s mentor, Judge Mary Beth Bonaventura. I hope that Respondent’s health may be restored and that at some future date she may be judged reliable enough to serve clients.