People v. Murray

The majority accepted the recommendation of a divided hearing board that the respondent, Mack Edward Murray, be disbarred and ordered to pay costs.4 Although I would agree with the majority that there were egregious violations requiring discipline and I agree “that in the absence of mitigating circumstances, disbarment is generally warranted,” maj. op. at 1021, I do not agree with the majority’s imposition of the sanction of disbarment on the ground that it is unwarranted and hence, too severe a sanction given the existence of several mitigating factors. Therefore, I respectfully dissent as…