Disc. Coun. v. McDaniel

Full title: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. RICHARD A. McDANIEL…

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 12, 2008

No. 1348 Disciplinary Docket No. 3, Board File No. C1-05-1226 (Pa. Mar. 12, 2008)

Opinion

No. 1348 Disciplinary Docket No. 3, Board File No. C1-05-1226.

March 12, 2008.

Attorney Registration No. 10223, Philadelphia.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 12^th day of March, 2008, an Order and Rule to Show Cause having been entered by this Court on February 13, 2008, 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)(2), Pa.R.D.E., respondent is placed on temporary suspension until further definitive action by this Court and he shall comply with all the provisions of Rule 217, Pa.R.D.E.;

2. The President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, in accordance with Rule 217(g), Pa.R.D.E., shall enter such orders as may be necessary to fully protect the rights of respondent's clients; and

3. All financial institutions in which respondent holds fiduciary funds shall freeze such accounts until further action by a court of appropriate jurisdiction.

This Order constitutes an imposition of public discipline within the meaning of Rule 402, Pa.R.D.E., pertaining to confidentiality.