Petition of Rhode Island Bar Association

This case comes before us on petition of the Rhode Island Bar Association (the association) to suspend the respondent, Aram K. Berberian (Berberian), for nonpayment of the $65 association dues for the period October 1, 1975, through September 30, 1976. Berberian has challenged the Unification Order of June 28, 1973, 1 twice before. He first brought suit in the United States District Court, which dismissed the complaint, and the First Circuit affirmed. Thereafter, Berberian refused to pay his 1974 association dues. The association petitioned to suspend him, and we ordered him suspended if he…