In the Matter of Maniscalco

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on Respondent Joseph Andrew Maniscalco’s Petition for Voluntary Discipline filed subsequent to the State Bar’s issuance of a Formal Complaint. In the petition, Maniscalco admits violating Standard 13 (a lawyer shall not compensate or give anything of value to a person or organization to recommend or secure his employment by a client, or as a reward for having made a recommendation resulting in his employment by a client; except that he may pay for public communications permitted by Standard 5 and the usual and reasonable fees or dues charged by a…