In the Matter of Knox

A single justice of this court reserved and reported the question of the proper sanction to be imposed on Peter E. Knox (attorney), who has been convicted of felonies but who offers mitigating evidence. The Board of Bar Overseers (board) and Bar Counsel recommended that he be suspended from practice for the period of his suspended sentence and probation. We agree.

The indictments to which the attorney pleaded guilty in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts charged one count of conspiracy and four counts of structuring currency violations, so-called “money…