Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Gross

Full title: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner v. WILLIAM M. GROSS, Respondent

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Dec 23, 2003

839 A.2d 182 (Pa. 2003)

839 A.2d 182

Opinion

[J-169-2003].

Argued: December 3, 2003.

Decided: December 23, 2003.

No. 605 Disciplinary Docket No. 3, Disciplinary Board Nos. 57 and 58 DB 2000, Attorney Registration No. 07068, (Dauphin County).

Joseph J. Huss, Lemoyne, for Office of Disciplinary Counsel, Petitioner.

William M. Gross, respondent, Pro Se..

Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Upon consideration of the Report and Recommendations of the Disciplinary Board dated March 31, 2003, and following oral argument, it is hereby

ORDERED that William M. Gross be and he is disbarred from the Bar of this Commonwealth retroactive to March 14, 2001, and he shall comply with all the provisions of Rule 217, Pa.R.D.E. It is further ORDERED that respondent shall comply with all the provisions to the Disciplinary Board pursuant to Rule 208(g), Pa.R.D.E.

Chief Justice CAPPY and Justices CASTILLE and NIGRO dissent and would impose a five-year suspension retroactive to March 14, 2001.