In Re Silvern

Petitioner, Harold Silvern, was disbarred upon consent on April 11, 1974, shortly after the United States Court of Appeals affirmed his conviction on two counts of mail fraud and one of conspiracy (United States v. Silvern (7th Cir. 1973), 484 F.2d 879 (en banc)). He now seeks reinstatement. The hearing panel of the Attorney Disciplinary Commission that heard Silvern’s application found him to be “rehabilitated” and “morally and ethically fit to resume the practice of law,” and thus recommended his reinstatement. The Review Board, on the other hand, found that the petitioner had “failed to…