Legal Opinion
In re Murray
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 2, 2010PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
In this bar discipline case, the respondent received *873cash belonging to an elderly client but did not make a record of the total amount received and did not deposit the money in a client trust account. Instead, he placed the cash in a fireproof safe in his office. Thereafter, he spent a substantial part of the money for the client’s benefit, and misplaced but later discovered some of the remaining money; no records account for another portion of the cash. For these events, the Board of Bar Overseers (board) has recommended a two-month suspension.
We must determine the appropriate burden of…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- In the Matter of HissMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Samia v. Central Oil Co. of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- In the Matter of SaabMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- In the Matter of the Discipline of an AttorneyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- In re ConcemiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
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3Cited by9 opinions
- O'Rorke v. Porcaro (In re Porcaro)Bankruptcy Appellate Panel of the First Circuit · 2016
- Riley v. Lexmar Global Inc. (In re Progression Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Massachusetts · 2016
- In the Matter of HronesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- In the Matter of StraussMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- In the Matter of PudloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
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