In re Nickerson

The respondent, Marguerite Nickerson, pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to fourteen counts of making false statements to a federally insured bank in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1014 (1988 & Supp. V 1993). Bar counsel filed a petition for discipline on the basis of the conviction,1 alleging that Nickerson had been convicted of a serious crime as defined in S.J.C. Rule 4:01, § 12 (2), 365 Mass. 696 (1974), and that her conduct violated S.J.C. Rule 3:07, Canon 1, DR 1-102 (A) (4), (5), and (6),2 and Canon 7, DR 7-102 *334(A) (3), (A) (7), and (B) (l).3…