Legal Opinion
In re Cohen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 28, 2001PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
After having been held in contempt or sanctioned seven times by four different courts, the respondent, Stanley Robert Cohen, appeals from a judgment of a single justice of this court suspending him from the practice of law for one year and one day. This suspension is a result of multiple disciplinary violations, stemming from the respondent’s representation of former employees of Cumberland Farms, Inc. (CFI). Specifically, the respondent prosecuted a series of lawsuits on behalf of these employees, despite a Federal court order enjoining him from doing so. He contends that the Federal court…
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