Carter v. Gonnella

OPINION

This is a disciplinary proceeding in which we have asked the respondent, Ralph J. Gonnella, a member of the Rhode Island Bar since February 1969, to show cause why he should not be disciplined. The show-cause order was issued following our receipt of a report of this court’s disciplinary board recommending that the respondent be disbarred. The board’s report and recommendation was preceded by a hearing before one of the board’s hearing panels during the summer of 1986. There is no dispute about the facts that brought about the disbarment recommendation. Hereafter we shall refer to the…