Matter of Francovich

I respectfully dissent and explicate my difficulty with the Court’s opinion.

In the instant case, the Board of Bar Governors concluded: that as a result of his failure to prosecute an appeal to this Court on behalf of his client and thereby perform the services for which he was retained, petitioner has violated Rule 197 of this Court and Rule 203 adopting, inter alia, Canon 7 and Disciplinary Rule 7-101A(2) of the American Bar Association Code of Professional Responsibility and that the habitual disregard by petitioner for the interests of his client together with his willful failure to…