Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Thompson

Full title: OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL Petitioner v. THEODORE Q. THOMPSON…

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 23, 2007

Nos. 1227 Disciplinary Docket No. 3 (Pa. Mar. 23, 2007)

Opinion

Nos. 1227 Disciplinary Docket No. 3.

March 23, 2007.

Attorney Registration No. 17826 (Montgomery County), Disciplinary Docket No. 3.

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 23^rd day of March 2007, upon consideration of the Report and Recommendations of the Disciplinary Board and Dissenting Opinion dated December 28, 2006, it is hereby

ORDERED that Theodore Q. Thompson is suspended from the Bar of this Commonwealth for a period of six months; he shall comply with all the provisions of Rule 217, Pa.R.D.E.; and he shall pay costs to the Disciplinary Board pursuant to Rule 208(g), Pa.R.D.E.

Messrs. Justice Saylor and Baer dissent from this Order and would have adopted the recommendation of the majority of the Disciplinary Board and entered a one-year suspension, stayed in its entirety, with direction that the respondent attend six hours of CLE ethics credits and the Bridge the Gap Course.