Legal Opinion

In re a Request for an Investigation of an Attorney

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided June 1, 2007PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The petitioner appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court denying his petition for relief from a decision of a member of the Board of Bar Overseers (board). The board member had concluded that the Office of Bar Counsel (bar counsel) had properly closed the file on the petitioner’s complaint that an attorney with whom the petitioner had dealt had violated certain disciplinary rules. We affirm.1

The petitioner, a former public school teacher, was alleged to have engaged in certain improper conduct with a student. According to the petitioner, the attorney representing the student…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Marino v. TagarisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  2. Callahan v. Board of Bar OverseersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  3. Binns v. Board of Bar OverseersMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
  4. Slotnick v. PikeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Indeck v. Clients' Security BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
  2. Boyce v. N.C. State BarCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2018
  3. Petition of Sanjeev Lath & a.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 2017
  4. Gorbatova v. SemuelsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
  5. Gorbatova v. First Assistant Clerk of the Supreme Judicial CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012

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