In re Acree

Following a hearing before a special master under Bar Rule 4-106, the special master recommended that the respondent, Marc Edward Aeree, be suspended from the practice of law for six months, based on his guilty plea in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to the misdemeanor of bank larceny, 18 USC § 2113 (b). Before this Court, Aeree contends that a public reprimand is the appropriate level of discipline, and the State Bar contends that disbarment is appropriate.

It is clear that Aeree has engaged in grave misconduct. By filing statements with lenders that were…