Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Behrens

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

Court: SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Apr 24, 2012

No. 1562 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 (Pa. Apr. 24, 2012)

Opinion

No. 1562 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 No. 198 DB 2009

04-24-2012

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. RICHARD A. BEHRENS, Respondent

PER CURIAM

Attorney Registration No. 16919

(Blair County)

ORDER

PER CURIAM :

AND NOW, this 24th day of April, 2012, upon consideration of the Report and Recommendations of the Disciplinary Board and Dissenting Opinion dated December 2, 2011, the Petition for Review and response thereto, the request for oral argument is denied, and it is hereby

ORDERED that Richard A. Behrens is suspended from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of one year and one day 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.