In re Lupo

The principal issue in this case is whether a two-year suspension from the practice of law recommended by a divided Board of Bar Overseers (board) is the appropriate sanction for the conduct of an attorney that the hearing committee of the board (hearing committee) characterized as “clear, personal conflicts of interest with elderly, unsophisticated and *346vulnerable clients.” For the reasons we shall explain, we agree with four members of the board who voted against the motion to adopt the report of the appeal panel of the board (appeal panel) and its recommendation of a two-year suspension,…