In Re MacCione

This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of special master James E. Patterson who recommends that this Court accept the petition for voluntary discipline which was filed by Respondent Joseph A. Maccione (State Bar No. 462925) after the Bar filed a Formal Complaint. In his petition, Maccione requests the imposition of a Review Panel reprimand with conditions for his admitted violations of Rules 5.3 and 8.4 (a) (4) of the Rules of Professional Conduct, see Bar Rule 4-102 (d). Although the maximum sanction for a single violation of either rule is disbarment,…