In re Laudonio

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Grievance Committee for the Ninth Judicial District (hereinafter the Grievance Committee) served the respondent with a petition dated April 30, 2007, containing five charges of professional misconduct. The charges against a co-respondent, Robert V. Fonte, are substantively identical, and a joint hearing was conducted before Special Referee Steven C. Krane on November 6, 2008.

The Special Referee sustained all five charges against the respondent and Fonte. The Grievance Committee now moves to confirm the report of the Special Referee with respect to the respondent, and…