In Re Erion

I dissent because I am concerned about the Court’s institutional integrity with respect to maintaining predictability, certainty and stability in attorney discipline. I believe the discipline administered in this case is draconian in its scope, inconsistent with other recent impositions of discipline, and incompatible with appropriate goals of lawyer discipline.

While a violation of Standard 44 is punishable by disbarment, imposition of that penalty in the present case is excessive. As the majority opinion recites, the only effects of Erion’s failure to attend to his client’s legal matters…