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State ex rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Fitzgerald

Supreme Court of Nebraska
Dec 1, 1989
448 N.W.2d 572 (Neb. 1989)

Opinion

No. 87-206.

Filed December 1, 1989.

Original action. Judgment of disbarment.

No appearance for relator.

John H. Kellogg, Jr., for respondent.

HASTINGS, C.J., BOSLAUGH, CAPORALE, SHANAHAN, GRANT, and FAHRNBRUCH, JJ.


Pursuant to Neb. Ct. R. of Discipline 15 (rev. 1989), the respondent, John J. Fitzgerald, filed a voluntary surrender of license with this court.

A disciplinary complaint was filed against Fitzgerald with the Counsel for Discipline of the Nebraska State Bar Association. The respondent voluntarily and knowingly admits that he has violated his oath of office as an attorney and that he has violated Canon I, DR 1-102(A)(1), (3), (4), and (6) of the Code of Professional Responsibility. He also voluntarily and knowingly consents to an order of disbarment and waives any right to notice, appearance, or hearing prior to entry of the order.

Accordingly, the respondent is hereby disbarred from the practice of law in the State of Nebraska.

JUDGMENT OF DISBARMENT.

WHITE, J., not participating.


Summaries of

State ex rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Fitzgerald

Supreme Court of Nebraska
Dec 1, 1989
448 N.W.2d 572 (Neb. 1989)
Case details for

State ex rel. Nebraska State Bar Ass'n v. Fitzgerald

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF NEBRASKA EX REL. NEBRASKA STATE BAR ASSOCIATION, RELATOR, v. JOHN…

Court:Supreme Court of Nebraska

Date published: Dec 1, 1989

Citations

448 N.W.2d 572 (Neb. 1989)
448 N.W.2d 572