Matter of Discipline of Holmay

This matter comes to us on the petition of the Director of the Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board to discipline respondent attorney for forging or procuring the forgery of his client’s signature on documents which he falsely notarized, submitted to a court, and served on the opposing party. We agree with the director that a suspension is warranted, but we impose a 30-day suspension rather than the recommended 60-day suspension.

On August 27, 1986, the director filed a petition for disciplinary action alleging that respondent Jerome J. Holmay had forged and falsely notarized a client’s…