Opinion
No. 1090 DISC. 3.
December 8, 2005.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 8th day of December, 2005, an Order and Rule to Show Cause having been entered by this Court on November 17, 2005, and no response to the Rule to Show Cause having been filed, it is hereby ORDERED that:
1. The Rule is made absolute and, pursuant to Rule 208(f), Pa.R.D.E., 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 Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas of Lehigh and Berks Counties, in accordance with Rule 217(g), Pa.R.D.E., shall take such further action and make such further orders as may appear necessary to protect the rights and interests of respondent's clients; and
4. All financial institutions in Pennsylvania in which respondent holds fiduciary funds shall freeze such accounts pending further order of this Court.
This Order constitutes an imposition of public discipline within the meaning of Rule 402, Pa.R.D.E., pertaining to confidentiality.