Legal Opinion

In re Griffith

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 9, 2003PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Greaney, J..

This bar discipline case requires us to decide the appropriate sanction to impose on the respondent, who, from 1991 until 1996, in the course of representing the estate of Morris Pina, Jr. (Pina), in a lawsuit against the city of New Bedford (and others) for police misconduct, failed to make certain important disclosures during discovery and trial concerning Pina’s medical records and treatment.1 The Board of Bar Overseers (board) adopted the recommendation of the hearing *501committee that the respondent receive a public reprimand. Dissatisfied with the board’s sanction, bar counsel…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Borman v. BormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
  2. In the Matter of AlterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  3. In the Matter of the Discipline of an AttorneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  4. In the Matter of NeitlichMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1992
  5. In re FinnMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Smith v. Dorchester Real Estate, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2013
  2. In re CrossenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  3. In re LupoMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
  4. In re CurryMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  5. In re MurrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010

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