Legal Opinion

In re Kerlinsky

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided January 14, 1999PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.

This bar discipline case concerns the conduct of Louis Kerlinsky (respondent) in representing Diane Kourouva-cilis in a damage suit against General Motors Corporation (GM) and Avis Rent-A-Car (Avis) following an automobile fire. The respondent makes numerous challenges to the two-year suspension recommended by the Board of Bar Overseers (board) and imposed by the single justice. We limit our discussion to his claims regarding the sufficiency of the evidence on which the board concluded he had violated several provisions of the Canons of Ethics, the authority of the appeal panel of the board *657to…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  2. In the Matter of AlterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  3. In the Matter of SaabMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
  4. In the Matter of the Discipline of an AttorneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  5. In re TobinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994

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3Cited by25 opinions

  1. In re FoleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
  2. In re BrauerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  3. In re SegalMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1999
  4. In re BaileyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
  5. In re BarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006

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