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In re Foley

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 6, 2003PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.

A single justice of this court ordered that Steven M. Foley (respondent) be suspended for eighteen months from the practice of law for assisting and encouraging his client in the preparation of a fabricated defense to a criminal complaint. While conceding that his conduct violated the rules of ethical conduct applicable to attorneys, the respondent appeals the punishment imposed as being too harsh and “markedly disparate” from sanctions imposed in similar cases. Because the conduct at issue is pernicious to our legal system, and highly destructive of public confidence in the integrity of the…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. In the Matter of AlterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1983
  2. Commonwealth v. FordhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  3. In the Matter of the Discipline of an AttorneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
  4. In the Matter of KenneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
  5. In re TobinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. In re BrauerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  2. In re BarrettMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2006
  3. In re GoldstoneMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2005
  4. In re CrossenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  5. In re MooreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004

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