Legal Opinion
In re Slavitt
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 2, 2007PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
The respondent, Evan Slavitt, was suspended from the practice of law for one year by a single justice of this court on recommendation of the Board of Bar Overseers (board). The discipline was imposed because the respondent made false statements in a letter recommending an applicant to the Board of Bar Examiners (BBE) and because he submitted a false affidavit in connection with a lawsuit. The respondent has appealed from the order of the single justice. He concedes that the sending of the letter of recommendation to the BBE was improper but maintains that the affidavit was not “dishonest or…
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