People v. Bottinelli

This is a lawyer discipline case. A hearing panel of the supreme court grievance committee approved the factual findings and conclusions of a three-member hearing board that the respondent had violated the Code of Professional Responsibility. A majority of the hearing board recommended that the respondent be suspended from the practice of law for two years, although the presiding officer considered disbarment to be the appropriate sanction. The panel modified the board’s recommendation of discipline to a recommendation that the respondent be disbarred, for the reasons advanced by the…