In Re Coia

OPINION

This case came before the Court, pursuant to a petition to revoke or suspend the license to practice law of the respondent, Arthur A. Coia, in accordance with Article III, Rule 24 of the Supreme Court Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. On January 31, 2000, the respondent pled guilty to a criminal information, filed in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, charging him with mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1341. His guilty plea was accepted by the federal district court. He was sentenced to serve a term of probation of two years, fined in the amount of…