Board of Overseers of the Bar v. Sylvester

ROBERTS, Justice.

Torrey A. Sylvester appeals from the judgment of a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court (Wathen, C.J.) denying his petition for reinstatement as a member of the bar. Sylvester contends that he was denied procedural due process, that the Court applied an erroneous legal standard, and that the Court’s findings of fact were insufficient. We affirm.

After a hearing in May 1992 on an information filed by the Board of Overseers of the Bar, the Supreme Judicial Court (Wathen, C.J.) disbarred Sylvester and granted him leave to petition for reinstatement after one year. The…