Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Dineen

James Martin Dineen appeals from a judgment of a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court (Wathen, J.) finding that Dineen had violated several provisions of the Maine Bar Rules and ordering his disbarment from the practice of law in Maine. Dineen contends that by reason of the delay by Bar Counsel in instituting two of the charges against him he was denied due process of law in the disciplinary proceedings in violation of the United States and Maine Constitutions; that the doctrine of laches militates against the imposition of sanctions; and that the justice abused his discretion in…