Wolterbeek's Case

On February 14, 2005, the Supreme Court Professional Conduct Committee (committee) filed a petition with this court recommending that the respondent, Mark E. Wolterbeek, be suspended from the practice of law for two years. We order the respondent disbarred.

*712The committee found the following facts. In 1995, the respondent represented Richard Schneider in his divorce. Schneider and his then-wife had owned the Village Grocery Store in Rindge since 1985, which was in the same building as the respondent’s law office. In the divorce decree, Schneider was awarded the Village Grocery Store and its…