Legal Opinion

In Re Long

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided July 30, 2001No. 25336PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Per curiam

In this attorney disciplinary proceeding, the sub-panel and the full panel recommended an indefinite suspension. We impose a two-year definite suspension.

FACTS

The Commission on Lawyer Conduct filed formal charges against respondent, Jefferson M. Long, Jr., regarding two client matters and his guilty plea in federal court. Respondent was placed on interim suspension on July 22,1999. In re Long, 335 S.C. 584, 518 S.E.2d 264 (1999). Respondent did not answer the formal charges and was not present at the hearing. However, in a letter to the Court dated December 5, 2000, he acknowledged the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. In Re YarboroughSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
  2. Matter of ThorntonSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1997
  3. In the Matter of an Anony. Mem. of the BarSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1991
  4. In Re RastSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1999
  5. In re CrowSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1992

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. In Re GreeneSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2006
  2. In Re HazzardSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2008
  3. In Re TullisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2007
  4. In Re McFarlandSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2004
  5. In Re CrewsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2010

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