In re Chambers

This is an appeal from an order of a single justice, acting on an information filed by the Board of Bar Overseers (board), publicly censuring Richard C. Chambers (respondent) for professional misconduct. The board appeals, arguing that a public censure is a markedly lenient and disparate sanction where the respondent neglected a client’s case, failed to cooperate with bar counsel’s investigations, and had a disciplinary history of similar offenses.

Bar counsel filed a petition for discipline and stipulation of the parties on April 19, 1994. In the stipulation, bar counsel and the respondent…