In re Mackenzie

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Grievance Committee served the respondent with a petition dated March 24, 2005, containing two charges of professional misconduct, and a supplemental petition dated April 1, 2005, containing four charges. The respondent served answers to the petition and the supplemental petition. At the preliminary conference held on August 24, 2005, counsel were directed to submit prehearing memoranda of law addressing the scope of the evidence at the hearing scheduled for September 21, 2005. By decision dated September 16, 2005, the Special Referee ruled that the evidence would be…