Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Dougherty

Full title: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. RAYMOND JOSEPH DOUGHERTY…

Court: SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

Date published: Jan 5, 2012

No. 1784 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 (Pa. Jan. 5, 2012)

Opinion

No. 1784 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 Board File No. C2-10-819 Board File No. C2-10-1072 Board File No. C2-10-1194

01-05-2012

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. RAYMOND JOSEPH DOUGHERTY, JR., Respondent

PER CURIAM

Attorney Registration No. 170284

(Montgomery County)

ORDER

PER CURIAM :

AND NOW, this 5th day of January, 2012, upon consideration of the Certificate of Admission of Disability by Attorney that the respondent is suffering from a disabling condition which makes it impossible for him to prepare an adequate defense to disciplinary charges brought against him, it is hereby

ORDERED that the status of Raymond Joseph Dougherty, Jr., be immediately modified from administrative suspension pursuant to Rule 219(k)(1) and (k)(2), Pa.R.D.E., to inactive status pursuant to Rule 301(e), Pa.R.D.E., for an indefinite period and until further Order of the Court, and he shall comply with Rule 217, Pa.R.D.E. All pending disciplinary proceedings shall be held in abeyance, except for the perpetuation of testimony and the preservation of documentary evidence.