In Re Siegel

DISCIPLINARY ACTION

Attorney Michael J. Siegel filed, on behalf of a client, a voluntary bankruptcy petition that the respondent knew misrepresented the ownership status of the client’s personal residence. For this intentional deception of a tribunal, we find that respondent Siegel should be suspended from the practice of law.

The respondent’s admission to this state’s bar in 1975 confers with us disciplinary jurisdiction over this matter. This case formally commenced with the Disciplinary Commission’s filing of a four-count Verified Complaint for Disciplinary Action in 1991. That complaint was…