Legal Opinion

In Re Barach

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided August 28, 2008No. 06-8033PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Per curiam

On August 31, 2006, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC), acting upon and upholding findings and conclusions reached by a Board of Bar Overseers hearing committee and an appeals panel, see Mass. S.J.C. R. 4:01 § 8(4), ordered the respondent attorney Malcolm J. Barach suspended from the practice of law for a period of two years. According to that court’s order, the respondent had (with respect to three unrelated clients) “failed to keep or maintain adequate records of client accounts, failed to return unearned client fees, charged ‘clearly excessive’ fees, for work he did not…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. In Re RuffaloSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Selling v. RadfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  3. In the Matter of the Petition of SellingSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
  4. Anny Newman v. Diana BurginCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
  5. Bar Ass'n v. MarshallCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1973

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Paul J. Walwyn v. Board of Professional Responsibility Of The Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2015
  2. In Re Oliveras López De VictoriaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
  3. Ryan v. Astra Tech, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2014
  4. In re: HarperCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2013
  5. Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Jeffrey P. WhiteSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2019

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