Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Murphy

We find no abuse of discretion in the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court (Wathen, J, sitting as a Single Justice) that disbarment is warranted here. The combination of (1) violating M.Bar R. 3.7(c)(1) by refusing to turn over a client’s file until counsel fees were paid; (2) violating M.Bar R. 3.6(j) and 3.7(h)(2) by communicating directly with adverse parties, willfully failing to provide to opposing counsel documents sent to the court and discussing the merits of the case ex parte; (3) violating M.Bar R. 3.2(f) by making unwanted sexual advances to a woman whom he, as a bail…