In the Matter of Tobin

This bar discipline appeal arises from an order entered by a single justice of this court suspending Albert G. Tobin (respondent) from the practice of law in the Commonwealth for eighteen months. The order stemmed from three matters contained in two petitions for discipline filed with the Board of Bar Overseers (board) by bar counsel. One petition, involving Mary Arnold (Arnold matter), a client of his brother and partner, Robert H. Tobin, Sr., was heard by a hearing committee (committee) on February 5, 1991, in conjunction with a petition filed against the respondent’s brother. See Matter of…