In re the Discipline of an Attorney

This bar discipline case requires us to determine the appropriate sanction for the respondent attorney where the Board of Bar Overseers (board) recommended that he receive an admonition. Bar counsel objected to the recommended discipline, and the board filed an information with the county court pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 4:01, § 8 (4), as appearing in 425 Mass. 1309 (1997). A single justice of this court reserved and reported the case without decision. We conclude that an admonition is warranted.

1. We summarize the findings of fact made by the hearing committee and adopted by the board, many of…